The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ARCANE , but the solution may also be HUSHHUSH which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Secret crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ARCANE | 35 % | 6 |
| INNER | 16 % | 5 |
| COVERT | 9 % | 6 |
| ARCANUM | 4 % | 7 |
| INWARD | 4 % | 6 |
| HUSHHUSH | 4 % | 8 |
| UNDERCOVER | 4 % | 10 |
| PRIVY | 3 % | 5 |
| ESOTERIC | 3 % | 8 |
| OCCULT | 3 % | 6 |
| UNTOLD | 3 % | 6 |
| INSIDE | 3 % | 6 |
| CODED | 1 % | 5 |
| EPOPTIC | 1 % | 7 |
| STASH | 1 % | 5 |
| VICTORIA | 1 % | 8 |
| CLOSET | 1 % | 6 |
| FURTIVEILED | 1 % | 11 |
| CRYPTIC | 1 % | 7 |
| ENCIPHERED | 1 % | 10 |
Why may HUSHHUSH be the right solution?
The term "HUSHHUSH" is often used to describe something that is kept secret or confidential, which makes it an appropriate answer for the crossword clue "Secret."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Secret
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hush-hush
- confidential
- privy
- private
- clandestine
- occult
- cloak-and-dagger
- on the quiet
- hole-and-corner
- undercover
- covert
- secluded
Crossword Answer definitions
ARCANE adjective- Understood by only a few.
- (by extension) Obscure, mysterious.
- Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge to understand.
- Extremely old (e.g. interpretation or knowledge), and possibly irrelevant.
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 ARCANE
- Esoteric
- Mysterious
- Understood by only a few
- Like knowledge that should be kept to a minimum in crossword clues
- Difficult to understand
- Incomprehensible
- Like Stonehenge's true purpose, e.g.
- Select, as knowledge
- Known to just a few
- Hidden and mysterious
More clues leading to the result INNER
- Kind of tube
- "___ Sanctum" (old radio show)
- ____ city
- ____ sanctum
- Sanctum or tube
- Deeply felt
- Private
- Word with child and strength
- ___ self
- Not obvious
More clues leading to the result COVERT
- Camouflaged, perhaps
- Like a dirty-tricks campaign
- Disguised
- Concealed
- Clandestine
- Underhanded
- Like a CIA operation
- Like many CIA ops
- Hush-hush
- Like some operations
More clues leading to the result ARCANUM
- A secret and marvelous remedy.
- Secret.
- Elixir.
- Secret or mystery.
- Mystery.
- Secret
- Deep secret
- Secret bit of knowledge
- Deep mystery
More clues leading to the result INWARD
- To the middle
- How needles move on LPs
- Contemplative direction to turn one's thoughts
- Self-loathing direction
- Privately
- Secret.
- Toward the center.
- Intrinsic.
- Spiritual
- Secret
More clues leading to the result HUSHHUSH
- Advice to Charlotte
- Strictly confidential
- Top secret
- Top-secret
- Secret
- Supersecret.
- Carried on with secrecy.
- Secrecy: Colloq.
- Policy of concealment.
- Top secret.
More clues leading to the result UNDERCOVER
- Working out of public sight
- Secret
- Carried out in secret
- Secret, as an investigation
- Acting in secret.
- Surreptitious.
- How a secret agent works.
- Kind of agent.
- Hidden.
- Kind of agent
More clues leading to the result PRIVY
- In on, with "to"
- ___ to (in on)
- Secret
- Involved in, with "to"
- Lav
- Where you might go
- Outhouse
- Secretly aware.
- In secret.
- Certain kind of council
More clues leading to the result ESOTERIC
- Puzzling
- Arcane
- Abstruse
- Inscrutable
- Intended for a select few
- Only for certain tastes
- Not for everyone
- Way-out
- Not widely known
- Like trivia
More clues leading to the result OCCULT
- Supernatural
- Like hidden lore
- Arcane practice
- Bookstore genre
- Paranormal
- Like magic
- Like Hogwarts lore
- Dark arts
- Hidden
- Mystical
More clues leading to the result UNTOLD
- Countless
- Incalculable
- Incalculable, as wealth
- Secret
- Beyond measure
- Not yet shared
- Like much ordinary history
- Boundless
- Never revealed
- Incalculable.
More clues leading to the result INSIDE
- Interior
- Toward the center
- Like some jobs
- Private
- Privileged, as info
- Behind-the-scenes
- Jailed, slangily
- Confidential
- Kind of job?
- Like some jokes or jobs
More clues leading to the result CODED
- Arranged arcanely
- Unreadable
- Like spy messages
- Needing cracking
- Encrypted
- Cryptic
- Like secret messages
- Used a substitution cipher, perhaps
- Secret
- Ciphered
More clues leading to the result EPOPTIC
More clues leading to the result STASH
- Hide away
- Squirrel away
- Hoard
- Secret supply
- Grass supply, e.g.
- Hidden grass?
- Pack away
- Narc's discovery
- Pot smoker's batch
- Secret stock
More clues leading to the result VICTORIA
- Western terminus of the Trans-Canada Highway
- Birthplace of Emily Carr
- Vancouver Island city
- Secret seller of lingerie?
- *Second-longest reigning British monarch
- Frequent stop on an Alaskan cruise
- Secret
- Capital of British Columbia.
- Her great-great-great-grandson arrived recently in England.
- Irene Dunne's role in "The Mudlark."
More clues leading to the result CLOSET
- Hideaway for a skeleton
- Hanger hangar?
- Broom repository
- Skeleton's whereabouts?
- Hanger site
- Murphy bed's place
- You can unload your hang-ups here
- Skeleton's place?
- Storage place
- It may be walk-in
More clues leading to the result FURTIVEILED
More clues leading to the result CRYPTIC
- Sphinx-like
- Mysterious
- Secret.
- Mysterious.
- Puzzling
- Megadeth "___ Writings"
- Like a London Times crossword clue
- Obscure