The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TRIPE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Utter nonsense crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TRIPE | 29 % | 5 |
| HOKUM | 18 % | 5 |
| ROT | 16 % | 3 |
| BILGE | 6 % | 5 |
| TWADDLE | 4 % | 7 |
| DRIVEL | 4 % | 6 |
| BLATHER | 4 % | 7 |
| FIDDLEDEDEE | 2 % | 11 |
| RANT | 2 % | 4 |
| BUNK | 2 % | 4 |
| BLARNEY | 2 % | 7 |
| POPPYCOCK | 2 % | 9 |
| BULL | 2 % | 4 |
| YAP | 2 % | 3 |
| FOLDEROL | 2 % | 8 |
| HOOEY | 2 % | 5 |
Why may BILGE be the right solution?
"BILGE" refers to the lower part of a ship's hull, which is often filled with water and debris. Figuratively, "bilge" can refer to nonsense or worthless talk, which is similar to the idea of useless debris found in the bilge of a ship. Therefore, "BILGE" is the right solution for "utter nonsense".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Utter nonsense
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- gibberish
- babble
- blather
- twaddle
- blah
- babbling
- rabble
- rabbit
- chatter
- yap
- elephant
- gab
Crossword Answer definitions
TRIPE noun- The lining of the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.
- The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt, the belly; -- generally used in the plural.
- (chiefly plural) Something disparaged as valueless, especially written works and popular entertainment (movies, television).
- That (what has just been said) is untrue.
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 TRIPE
- Of no value
- Nonsensical talk or writing
- Stuff and nonsense
- Rubbish
- Crapola
- Third-rate writing
- Balderdash
- Hogwash
- A load of rubbish
- Worthless talk
More clues leading to the result HOKUM
More clues leading to the result ROT
More clues leading to the result BILGE
- Hull part
- Hogwash!
- Bullshit
- Utter nonsense
- Drivel
- Stuff in leaky ships
- Part of a hull
- Poppycock
- Hogwash
- Mariner's malarkey
More clues leading to the result TWADDLE
More clues leading to the result DRIVEL
More clues leading to the result BLATHER
- Nonsensical talk
- Bunkum
- Utter nonsense
- Gibberish
- Poppycock
- Nonsense
- Foolish talk.
- Foolish talk
- Babble
- Blowhard's talk
More clues leading to the result FIDDLEDEDEE
More clues leading to the result RANT
- Get hot under the collar
- Give a fire-and-brimstone sermon
- Rave
- Rave's partner
- Carry on
- Companion of rave
- Speak wildly
- Long lecture
- Babble on
- Deliver a diatribe
More clues leading to the result BUNK
- Hogwash!
- Bed shelf
- "Baloney!"
- It can keep you up at night?
- Hogwash
- Shipboard bed
- Where a cowboy crashes
- Hooey
- Sailor's bed
- Sailor's sleeping spot
More clues leading to the result BLARNEY
- With 50D, Irishman's rock of flattery
- Soft soap
- Cajolery
- Honeyed words
- Falderal
- ___ Stone (Irish attraction)
- Hogwash
- Nonsense
- Hot air in Ireland
- Flattery
More clues leading to the result POPPYCOCK
More clues leading to the result BULL
- China shop destroyer
- China shop visitor
- "Hooey!"
- Certain optimist
- "I don't believe you!"
- "I don't buy that for a second"
- "Pfft. Yeah, right"
- Utter nonsense
- "Nonsense!"
- Unpopular animal in a china shop?
More clues leading to the result YAP
- Bark sharply
- Mouth
- Chatter
- Mouth off
- Trap (slang)
- Blab ceaselessly
- Keep the phone line tied up, say
- Big mouth
- Shrill bark
- Talk foolishly
More clues leading to the result FOLDEROL
- Meaningless talk
- Nonsense
- Hogwash
- Blather
- Bosh
- Poppycock
- Baloney
- Utter nonsense
- Fuss and feathers.
- Mere nonsense.