The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word MOTE , but the solution may also be IOTA which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Speck crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MOTE | 41 % | 4 |
| DOT | 19 % | 3 |
| IOTA | 18 % | 4 |
| ATOM | 13 % | 4 |
| PARTICLE | 2 % | 8 |
| JOT | 2 % | 3 |
| MITE | 2 % | 4 |
| TRACE | 1 % | 5 |
| TAD | 0 % | 3 |
| IOWASTATE | 0 % | 9 |
| WHIT | 0 % | 4 |
| IOOTA | 0 % | 5 |
| GRAIN | 0 % | 5 |
| SPOT | 0 % | 4 |
Why may MOTE be the right solution?
The word "speck" is a synonym for a small particle or piece. "Mote" is a word that means a tiny particle or speck, making it a fitting answer for the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Speck
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- pinpoint
- pinch
- touch
- mote
- particle
- jot
- soupcon
- molecule
- atom
- hint
- mite
- dot
Crossword Answer definitions
MOTE noun- A small particle; a speck.
- May or might.
- Must.
- Forming subjunctive expressions of wish: may.
- A meeting for discussion.
- A body of persons who meet for discussion, especially about the management of affairs.
- A place of meeting for discussion.
- A tiny computer for remote sensing; a component element of smartdust.
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 MOTE
- Dust particle
- Little bit
- Small particle
- Dust speck
- Bit of dust
- Minuscule speck
- Atom
- Fleck
- Particle
- Insignificant speck
More clues leading to the result DOT
- Morse "E"
- i piece?
- i topper
- "I" addition
- Polka ___
- The top of "I"
- Finish, as an "i"
- i finisher
- Decimal point
- Mole, e.g.
More clues leading to the result IOTA
- Frat-house letter
- Greek vowel
- Small amount
- Small sorority letter?
- Smidgen
- Tiny bit
- Whit
- Greek letter
- I, as in Ithaca?
- Scintilla
More clues leading to the result ATOM
- Basic component
- Basic unit
- Bit
- Elementary particle
- Mighty mite
- Molecule builder
- __ smasher
- Diminutive DC Comics superhero
- Diminutive DC Comics' superhero
- Minute particle
More clues leading to the result PARTICLE
- Accelerated bit
- Speck
- Tiny piece
- Dust bit
- Word with board or physics
- Little bit
- Tiny fragment
- Tiny bit
- Scintilla.
- Speck.
More clues leading to the result JOT
- Scribble (down)
- Write hastily
- Write (down), on a napkin perhaps
- Put (down)
- Small scribble
- Smitch
- Tiny portion
- Write in a hurry
- Take (down)
- Tiny bit
More clues leading to the result MITE
- Small insect
- Wee arthropod
- Bed bug
- Scabies transmitter
- Teeny bit
- Tiny pest
- Far-from humongous creature
- Bitty bug
- Parasitic arachnid
- Teeny arachnid
More clues leading to the result TRACE
- __ element
- Search for
- Pursue and locate
- Use a rotoscope
- ____ element
- Natchez __
- Soupcon
- Bit of evidence
- Copy over
- Discover ancestry
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 IOWASTATE
- The Cyclones of the Big 12
- Big 12 wrestling powerhouse
- Home of the Cyclones
- College in Ames.
- Midwest college.
- Midwestern school.
- *Speck
- Cyclones' setting
More clues leading to the result WHIT
- Small amount
- Iota
- Teensiest amount
- Slight amount
- Particle
- Least bit
- Smidgen
- Tiny bit
- Insubstantial amount
- Tiny amount
More clues leading to the result IOOTA
More clues leading to the result GRAIN
- Fodder
- Small measure
- Bit of salt
- Hourglass bit
- Kind of alcohol
- Wood pattern
- Apothecaries' weight unit
- Tiniest amount of rice
- Silo contents
- Elevator filler