The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word HOARSE , but the solution may also be RASPY which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in LA Times).
Rough-sounding crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters | 
|---|---|---|
| HOARSE | 33 % | 6 | 
| RASPY | 33 % | 5 | 
| HARSH | 33 % | 5 | 
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Rough-sounding
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- harsh
- raspy
- gravelly
- grating
- cracked
- husky
- hoarsely
- gruff
- rough
- ragged
- hoarseness
- recession
Crossword Answer definitions
HOARSE adjective- Having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.
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 HOARSE
- Croaking
- Having a frog in one's throat
- Like laryngitis sufferers
- Gravelly
- Laryngitic
- How Vito Corleone sounded
- Froggy-throated
- Rough-sounding
- Barely able to speak
- Raspy
More clues leading to the result RASPY
- Grating
- Like Popeye's voice
- Not mellifluous
- Like a cat's tongue
- Kittenish, as tongues go
- Gravelly
- Laryngitic
- Resembling a hoarse whisperer?
- Sounding vocally fatigued
- Like Carol Channing's voice