Answer to "Smattering" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TINGE , but the solution may also be FEW which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in New York Times).

Smattering crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
TINGE	55 %	5
TAD	9 %	3
FEW	9 %	3
LITTLEKNOWLEDGE	9 %	15
ALITTLELEARNING	9 %	15
TANG	9 %	4

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Smattering

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• handful
• tang
• tinge
• spattering
• sprinkling
• bevy
• sprinklings
• plethora
• occasional
• assorted
• copious
• scads

Crossword Answer definitions

TINGE noun

1. A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing.
2. The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint.

TINGE verb

1. To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing.
2. To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing.
3. To change slightly in shade due to the addition of colour; (by extension) to change slightly in quality due to the addition of some other thing.

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 TINGE

• Affect slightly
• Slight coloration
• Hint
• Hint of tint
• Faint feeling
• Bit of color
• Slight coloring
• Slight shade
• Hint of color
• Barest trace

More clues leading to the result TAD

• A small bit
• Abe Lincoln's youngest
• Little bit
• Smidgen
• Bit
• Wee bit
• Another tittle
• Just a bit
• Small one
• "Win a Date with ___ Hamilton!"

More clues leading to the result FEW

• "A __ Good Men"
• Not many
• Limited number
• USMC poster word
• Hardly any
• A handful
• A limited number of
• Handful
• Precious amount?
• Small handful

More clues leading to the result LITTLEKNOWLEDGE

• Smattering

More clues leading to the result ALITTLELEARNING

• Pope's "dangerous thing"
• Alexander Pope warned about this "dang'rous thing"
• Pope called it "dang'rous"
• Smattering
• Dangerous thing, supposedly
• Dangerous thing?
• It could be a dangerous thing

More clues leading to the result TANG

• Space drink
• Space juice
• Surgeonfish
• Zest
• Astronaut's drink
• Zest in a backwards GNAT?
• Chinese dynasty
• Kool-Aid competitor
• Flavor to remember
• Tart taste