Answer to ""What was that?"" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word HUH , but the solution may also be AGAIN which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in Wall Street Journal).

"What was that?" crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
HUH	83 %	3
AGAIN	8 %	5
HELLO	4 %	5
HUNH	4 %	4

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: "What was that?"

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• pardon
• excuse me
• anything
• content
• everything
• guess
• say
• something
• than
• wha
• whatever
• whereof

Crossword Answer definitions

HUH interjection

1. (with falling pitch) used to express amusement or subtle surprise.
2. Used to express doubt or confusion.
3. (with rising pitch) Used to reinforce a question.
4. (with falling pitch) Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement.
5. (with rising pitch) Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said.
6. (with falling pitch) Used to create a tag question.

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 HUH

• "Excuse me?"
• "Say what?"
• "What was that?"
• "Live and learn I guess ..."
• "What's that?"
• "What?"
• "Whazzat?"
• "Wha?"
• "Wha'dja say?"
• "Come again?"

More clues leading to the result AGAIN

• All over
• On the other hand
• Once more
• "Encore!"
• Anew
• One more time
• "Begin ___" (Taylor Swift song)
• A second time
• Teletubbies' cry
• ... a little bit more

More clues leading to the result HELLO

• Greeting for Dolly
• "Greetings!"
• How-do-you-do
• Start of a phone conversation
• Greetings!
• Ring response
• Greeting
• 2015 Adele hit
• Mobile line
• Conversation piece?

More clues leading to the result HUNH

• "Could you repeat that?"
• "Say again?"
• "Seriously?"
• "Whadja say?"
• "Whuzzat?"
• "What was that?"
• What did you say?: Colloq.
• Colloquial exclamation meaning "what?"
• Querying interjection.
• Interrogative interjection.