The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 12 letter word WHATTHEDEUCE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Quaint cry of surprise crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
WHATTHEDEUCE | 20 % | 12 |
IDECLARE | 20 % | 8 |
EGAD | 20 % | 4 |
JEEPERSCREEPERS | 20 % | 15 |
BYJOVE | 20 % | 6 |
Why may WHATTHEDEUCE be the right solution?
The phrase "What the deuce" is an old-fashioned expression used to express surprise or confusion. It can be considered quaint because it is not commonly used in modern language. "What the deuce" is also a phrase used by the character Mr. Jingle in Charles Dickens' novel "The Pickwick Papers."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Quaint cry of surprise
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- eek
- eek!
- hark
- exclaim
- hello
- exclaiming
- say
- squeal
- token
- wow
- ale
- squealing
Crossword Answer definitions
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result WHATTHEDEUCE
More clues leading to the result IDECLARE
- "Oh, my!"
- "Land sakes!"
- "Heavens to Betsy!"
- "Well!"
- "My word!"
- "Goodness me!"
- "My stars!"
- *"My stars!"
- "My!"
- Surprised exclamation.
More clues leading to the result EGAD
- "Great Caesar's ghost!"
- "Heavens to Betsy!"
- "Omigod!"
- "Omigosh!"
- "Yikes!"
- "Zounds!" kin
- Goodness gracious!
- Holy cow, relative
- Mild epithet
- Mild exclamation
More clues leading to the result JEEPERSCREEPERS
- "___!"
- Song that asks "Where'd you get those eyes?"
- "Good golly!"
- Louis Armstrong classic
- Song in the 1938 film "Going Places"
- "Holy Toledo!"
- '38 tune introduced by Louis Armstrong
- Johnny Mercer song
- Quaint cry of surprise
- "Golly!"