The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PING , but the solution may also be ARK which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in Wall Street Journal).
See 81-Across crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PING | 5 % | 4 |
| EMONO | 5 % | 5 |
| INGMAIN | 5 % | 7 |
| MAGAZINE | 5 % | 8 |
| CHANGER | 5 % | 7 |
| SQUARES | 5 % | 7 |
| BRAD | 5 % | 4 |
| OOPS | 5 % | 4 |
| SHADOWTODANCE | 5 % | 13 |
| FORTHEDRINKS | 5 % | 12 |
| ANGELOFMERCY | 5 % | 12 |
| GLO | 5 % | 3 |
| PINGSTONES | 5 % | 10 |
| LADYMACBETH | 5 % | 11 |
| INGTHROUGHH | 5 % | 11 |
| CLOTHES | 5 % | 7 |
| NEWYORKNEWYORK | 5 % | 14 |
| GIN | 5 % | 3 |
| ARK | 5 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: See 81-Across
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- borrow
- venus
- wait
- boron
- para
- turgot
- aec
- all
- among
- any
- arc
- average
Crossword Answer definitions
PING noun- A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
- (submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.
- A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.
- An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.
- Latency.
- A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.
- (WMF jargon) A notification.
- To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
- (submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.
- To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.
- (by extension) To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.
- To flick.
- To bounce.
- To cause something to bounce.
- To call out audibly.
- To penalize.
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 PING
- Partner of "Pong"?
- Reverberate
- One of a "Turandot" trio
- Contact, digitally
- Engine sound
- Sound of knocking
- Attention getter on an IM
- Attention-getting word online
- Ricocheting bullet sound
- Sound pulse
More clues leading to the result EMONO
More clues leading to the result INGMAIN
More clues leading to the result MAGAZINE
- Gunpowder storage
- "Life", "Time" or "People"
- Parents, e.g.
- "YM" or "GQ"
- Waiting-room staple
- Waiting-room reading
- Round holder
- See 81 Across
- Money, for example
- 16 or Seventeen
More clues leading to the result CHANGER
More clues leading to the result SQUARES
- Daily trio for many
- Filling meals, slangily
- L7s
- See 81-Across
- They're not with it
- Equiangular rhombi
- Times, Madison, etc.
- Un-hep people: Slang.
- Open areas of a city or town.
- Back numbers.
More clues leading to the result BRAD
- Heartthrob Pitt
- Small-headed nail
- "Legends of the Fall" actor Pitt
- Hollywood heartthrob Pitt
- Pitt in "Seven"
- Pitt of "Kalifornia"
- Pitt of "Ocean's Twelve"
- Small nail
- Nail
- "Ratatouille" director Bird
More clues leading to the result OOPS
- Klutzy comment
- "Clumsy me!"
- Butterfingers's word
- "Crash!" accompaniment, often
- "I was wrong"
- "Sorry about that!"
- It often follows "Crash!"
- Oaf's cry
- Slipup followup, perhaps
- "My bad!"
More clues leading to the result SHADOWTODANCE
More clues leading to the result FORTHEDRINKS
More clues leading to the result ANGELOFMERCY
More clues leading to the result GLO
- Day-__
- Day-__ (fluorescent paint)
- Day-___
- Day ____ (paint hue)
- Day-__ paint
- Day-__ colors
- See 81 Across
- Exo Terra Solar ___ (sun-simulating lamp)
- Mop & ___
- Orange ___ (floor polish)
More clues leading to the result PINGSTONES
More clues leading to the result LADYMACBETH
- 31/42-Across in a Shakespeare tragedy
- Fictional sleepwalker
- "Your face, my thane, is as a book where men / May read strange matters" speaker
- *Shakespearean sleepwalker (see letters 4 to 7 in this answer)
- See 81 Across
More clues leading to the result INGTHROUGHH
More clues leading to the result CLOTHES
- Tops and such
- Wear
- They have a fit
- Provides with threads
- Duds
- See 38-Across
- Outfit
- Fabled emperor's lack
- Garments
- Threads
More clues leading to the result NEWYORKNEWYORK
- 1977 Robert DeNiro film
- MGM Grand's Las Vegas neighbor
- 1980 Frank Sinatra hit
- See 81 Across
- Sinatra classic
- Sinatra song of '80
- "The Big Apple"
- B'way show tune
- Manhattan
- "On the Town" hit (lyrics by 16 Across)
More clues leading to the result GIN
- Midnight Rummy
- Rummy-player's word
- Rummy victory
- Card game
- Tonic's partner
- ___ and tonic
- Greyhound spirit
- Fizz ingredient
- "___ and Juice"
- Card game cry