The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word ERS , but the solution may also be UMS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Sounds of hesitation crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ERS | 68 % | 3 |
| UHS | 15 % | 3 |
| UMS | 14 % | 3 |
| EHS | 2 % | 3 |
Why may UMS be the right solution?
The answer "UMS" is the right solution because it represents the sounds of hesitation, typically made when someone is unsure or thinking.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sounds 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
ERS verb- To utter the word "er" when hesitating in speech, found in the phrase um and er.
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 ERS
- Hesitant sounds
- Bitter vetch
- Hesitation syllables
- Some TV hospital sets
- Triage locales, briefly
- Hems and haws
- Hesitation sounds
- Hosp. areas
- Interjections
- Places for EMTs and RNs
More clues leading to the result UHS
- Syllables rarely uttered by the 36-Down
- Sounds of hesitation
- Hesitant sounds
- Confused responses
- Conversation lapses
- Hesitant interjections
- Sounds of disbelief
- Thinking sounds
- Stammered syllables
- Fillers in speech
More clues leading to the result UMS
- Sounds of hesitation
- Awkward debater's sounds
- Speaker's no-nos
- Stammerer's syllables
- Vocal pauses
- Haverer's syllables
- Staller's sounds
- Uncertain speech stumbles
- Hesitation sounds
- Stumbles in a recitation