The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HUMS which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Whirs crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HUMS | 33 % | 4 |
| SKIRS | 33 % | 5 |
| BIRRS | 33 % | 5 |
Why may HUMS be the right solution?
The word "HUMS" is a synonym for "whirs," as both refer to a low, steady sound like that of a machine in operation.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Whirs
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- whizz
- whiz
- whirr
- birr
- purr
- fan
- drive
- machine
- away
- clicks
- birling
- bur
Crossword Answer definitions
HUMS noun- A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
- An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
- Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
- Unpleasant odour.
- An imposition or hoax; humbug.
- A kind of strong drink.
- A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people.
- To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
- To express by humming.
- To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly
- To buzz, be busily active like a beehive
- To produce low sounds which blend continuously
- To reek, smell bad.
- To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug.
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 HUMS
- Is busy
- Bustles
- Runs smoothly
- Chugs on all cylinders
- Really cooks
- Forgets the words, maybe
- Indistinct sounds of mingled voices
- Purrs
- Drones
- Plays a kazoo, basically