The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HISS , but the solution may also be SSS which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).
Sibilant sound crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HISS | 26 % | 4 |
| SISS | 21 % | 4 |
| SST | 9 % | 3 |
| TST | 9 % | 3 |
| WHOOSH | 7 % | 6 |
| ESS | 5 % | 3 |
| SSS | 5 % | 3 |
| TSST | 5 % | 4 |
| LISP | 4 % | 4 |
| PST | 4 % | 3 |
| WHISH | 2 % | 5 |
| SSST | 2 % | 4 |
| PSST | 2 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sibilant sound
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hiss
- hissing
- sizzle
- sizzling
- piping
- squeak
- whew
- feedback
- squeaky
- warbler
- yelp
- acute
Crossword Answer definitions
HISS noun- A sibilant sound, such as that made by a snake or escaping steam; an unvoiced fricative.
- An expression of disapproval made using such a sound.
- To make a hissing sound.
- To condemn or express contempt (for someone or something) by hissing.
- To utter (something) with a hissing sound.
- To move with a hissing sound.
- To emit or eject (something) with a hissing sound.
- To whisper, especially angrily or urgently.
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 HISS
- Sound of disapproval
- Greet the villain
- Cat's warning
- Cat's greeting
- Disapproving sound
- Sound of air escaping
- Alber __
- Catty warning
- "Back off!" in felinese?
- Greet a villain
More clues leading to the result SISS
- Sibilant sound
- Make a sound like a deflating balloon
- k.d. lang and The ___ Boom Bang
- Deflation sound
- Greeting for the villain
- Puncture sound
- Hiss.
- Jap sound indicating politeness.
- Noise made by water dropped on a hot store.
- Sibilant sound.
More clues leading to the result SST
- JFK sight
- Atl. crosser
- Droop-nosed flier
- Fast flier
- It will fly again
- It'll get you overseas PDQ
- Reflying flier
- The Concorde, e.g.
- Concorde
- Delta-winged craft
More clues leading to the result TST
- Attention getter
- Hissing sound.
- Hissed sound enjoining silence.
- Sound requesting silence.
- Silence!
- Listen!
- Hissed sound.
- Hush!
- Hushing sound.
- Keep quiet!
More clues leading to the result WHOOSH
- Sibilant sound
- Rush of air
- Sound of one in a rush
- Rushing sound
- Rushing noise
- Windblown sound
- Sound of the wind
- Wind sound
- Rocket sound
- Wind tunnel noise
More clues leading to the result ESS
- 19th in a familiar series
- Curve type
- Dangerous curve
- Dangerous road shape
- Deacon's follower?
- First of September?
- Harry Truman filler
- Man of Steel's monogram
- Ogee shape
- Self starter?
More clues leading to the result SSS
- 1970's lottery org.
- Draft agcy.
- Draft inits.
- Draft org.
- Govt. agcy.
- Conscription org.
- Former draft org.
- Gen. Hershey directed it, 1941-70
- Sound as a tire goes flat
- Draft init.
More clues leading to the result TSST
More clues leading to the result LISP
- Speech mannerism
- Thpeak like thith
- Speak like Sylvester
- Talk like Sylvester
- "Thpeak like thith"
- Suffer from sigmatism
- Speech problem
- Have a problem with one's sister, say?
- Speech therapist's project
- Speech defect
More clues leading to the result PST
- LA hrs.
- LA setting
- TV Guide acronym
- Winter in LA
- OR time
- Within the law
- Hollywood hrs.
- Disneyland hrs.
- West Coast setting (abbr.)
- "Portlandia" setting: Abbr.
More clues leading to the result WHISH
- Curtain-in-the-breeze sound
- Rustling sound
- Sibilant sound
- Soft, rushing sound
- Washing machine sound
- Soft rustling sound
- Sound from an active washing machine
- Elevator sound