The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SIREN , but the solution may also be GROWL which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Warning sound crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SIREN | 47 % | 5 |
| ALARM | 9 % | 5 |
| BEEP | 6 % | 4 |
| GRR | 6 % | 3 |
| TOOT | 6 % | 4 |
| HISS | 6 % | 4 |
| AHEM | 6 % | 4 |
| GROWL | 6 % | 5 |
| ALERT | 3 % | 5 |
| KLAXON | 3 % | 6 |
| TOCSIN | 3 % | 6 |
Why may GROWL be the right solution?
"Warning sound" often refers to the sound made by a threatening animal, such as a growling dog or bear. "Growl" fits this description perfectly, making it the right solution.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Warning sound
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- alarm
- siren
- horn
- bourdon
- flute
- bell
- doodle
- tibial
- piper
- piping
- trumpet
- pipe
Crossword Answer definitions
SIREN noun- One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
- One who sings sweetly and charms.
- A dangerously seductive woman.
- A member of an order of mammals of Sirenia (first attested in French in Dominique Bouhours, Les entretiens d'Ariste et d'Eugène, 1671).
- A member of a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae (originally introduced by Linnaeus, 1766, for a genus of his reptiles), commonly used for all species subsumed under the family of Sirenidae.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Hestina.
- A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device (first recorded 1879).
- A musical instrument, one of the few aerophones in the percussion section of the symphony orchestra (patented as Acme Siren in 1895).
- An instrument for demonstrating the laws of beats and combination tones.
- An astrophysical event that can be used for calculating cosmic distances.
- To make a noise with, or as if with, a siren.
- Relating to or like a siren.
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 SIREN
- Sailor serenader
- Temptress
- Warning wail
- Fire-truck feature
- Sea nymph
- City sound
- Mae West, at times
- Rock singer?
- Sound of warning
- Killer in a myth that's pretty misogynist, if you think about it
More clues leading to the result ALARM
- Home-security device
- It's arousing
- Smoke or fire
- Trails smoke or fire
- Morning sound
- Smoke detector, e.g.
- You might set one on a cellphone
- You might set one on your phone
- Eye opener of a sort
- Frighten
More clues leading to the result BEEP
- Answering machine signal
- Sound a horn
- Contact via pager
- Pager sound
- Wait for it
- "Move, idiot!"
- Road Runner's utterance
- "Hey!" on the road
- Sound in a jam
- Gridlock sound
More clues leading to the result GRR
- Sound for Tony the Tiger
- Watchdog's warning
- Pound sound
- "Harrumph..."
- [Annoooyyying]
- Boxer's warning
- Weimaraner's warning
- Warning from a Westie
- "When I get my hands on you ...!"
- "When I get my hands on you!"
More clues leading to the result TOOT
- Flute note
- Binge
- Short blast
- Whistle sound
- Blow one's horn
- Whistle
- Tugboat sound
- Bender
- Old-timey horn sound
- Tear
More clues leading to the result HISS
- Sound of disapproval
- Greet the villain
- Cat's warning
- Cat's greeting
- Disapproving sound
- Sound of air escaping
- Alber __
- Catty warning
- "Back off!" in felinese?
- Greet a villain
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
More clues leading to the result GROWL
- Newfoundland dog's warning
- Pound sound
- Talk like a curmudgeon, maybe
- Mad dog's warning
- Fido's warning
- Kennel warning
- Sound of an empty stomach
- Warning from a boxer
- Canine threat
- Rottweiler warning
More clues leading to the result ALERT
- Argus-eyed
- Code red, for one
- On one's toes
- Sharp-eyed
- Tip off
- Warn
- Not oblivious
- Storm siren
- Wide awake
- On the ball
More clues leading to the result KLAXON
- Loud horn
- Old car horn
- Early car horn
- Loud electric horn
- Loud auto honker of yore
- "Ah-oo-gah" horn
- "Ah-oooo-ga!" producer
- Loud auto horn
- Electrically operated horn
- "Ah-oooo-ga!" horn