The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word HUM , but the solution may also be ERM which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Sound of hesitation crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HUM | 25 % | 3 |
| HAW | 25 % | 3 |
| ERM | 13 % | 3 |
| HEM | 13 % | 3 |
| AHEM | 13 % | 4 |
| XUHX | 13 % | 4 |
Why may ERM be the right solution?
The answer "ERM" is a common expression used to show hesitation or uncertainty, making it a fitting response to the clue "Sound of hesitation."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sound of hesitation
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- um
- uh
- er
- hem
- umm
- haw
- hemming
- elegance
- hesitate
- hesitation
- stump
- stuck on
Crossword Answer definitions
HUM interjection- Indicating thinking or pondering.
- A demand for an answer to a question.
- A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
- An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
- Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
- Unpleasant odour.
- An imposition or hoax; humbug.
- A kind of strong drink.
- A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people.
- To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
- To express by humming.
- To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly
- To buzz, be busily active like a beehive
- To produce low sounds which blend continuously
- To reek, smell bad.
- To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug.
- An expression used to show contentment for something
- An expression used to show thought or reflection
- An expression used to show being muffled or not able to speak clearly, as well as "mmph".
- Yes.
- Expression of hesitation, uncertainty or space filler in conversation. See uh.
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 HUM
- Drone
- Ho follower
- Motor's sound
- Relative to 10-Down, Jackson 5 song in which the lyrics explain that it has no lyrics
- Running sound
- Be busily active
- Buzz
- Run smoothly
- Unwanted speaker sound
- Whir
More clues leading to the result HAW
- "Hee-__"
- Hem and __
- Command to a horse
- Hem's partner
- Hee ___
- Turn left
- Word that can mean "hesitate" on its own, but usually partners with "hem"
- "Hee ___"
- Laugh line?
- Turn to the left
More clues leading to the result ERM
- Jokey confused word
- Rich fur: Abbr.
- Fine fur: Abbr.
- Royal fur: Abbr.
- Fur: Abbr.
- "Uhh ..."
- "Uhhh ..."
- "I mean ..."
- Sound of hesitation
- Indecisive sound
More clues leading to the result HEM
- Shorten
- Stitch
- Finished edge
- Haw's partner
- Line of fashion
- Shorten, in a way
- Border on a piece of cloth
- Clothes line
- Designer's bottom line
- End of the A-line?
More clues leading to the result AHEM
- "Beg pardon"
- "Excuse me?"
- "May I interrupt?"
- Attention-getter
- Excuse me!
- Attention-getting word
- "Excuse me!"
- Attention-getting sound
- Status vehicle
- Throat-clearing sound