The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word TON , but the solution may also be SCAD which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Whole lot crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TON | 40 % | 3 |
| SLEW | 37 % | 4 |
| SCAD | 10 % | 4 |
| RAFT | 5 % | 4 |
| PASSEL | 2 % | 6 |
| BUNCH | 1 % | 5 |
| ATON | 1 % | 4 |
| GOB | 1 % | 3 |
| MASS | 1 % | 4 |
| BUSHEL | 1 % | 6 |
Why may TON be the right solution?
"Whole lot" is a phrase that means a large quantity or number. "Ton" is a unit of weight that is equivalent to 2,000 pounds, which is a large quantity. Therefore, "TON" fits the clue "Whole lot."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Whole lot
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- batch
- deal
- flock
- good deal
- great deal
- hatful
- heap
- lot
- mass
- mess
- mickle
- mint
Crossword Answer definitions
TON noun- A unit of weight (mass) equal to 2240 pounds (a long ton) or 2000 pounds (a short ton) or 1000 kilograms (a metric ton).
- A unit of volume; register ton.
- In refrigeration and air conditioning, a unit of thermal power defined as 12,000 BTU/h (about 3.514 kW or 3024 kcal/h), originally the rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of one short ton of ice per day at 32 °F (0 °C).
- A large amount.
- A speed of 100 mph.
- One hundred pounds sterling.
- One hundred runs.
- (etc.) One hundred points scored.
- Fashion, the current style, the vogue.
- Fashionable society; those in style.
- The common tunny, or horse mackerel.
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 TON
- Coal delivery unit
- Bricks unit?
- Metric __ (1,000 kilos)
- Metric or long
- Weight unit
- Whole bunch
- Won __ soup
- Heavy weight
- Semi unit
- Suffix with simple or single
More clues leading to the result SLEW
- Bumped off
- Did in
- Dispatched a dragon
- Multitude
- Triple Crown winner Seattle __
- Whole bunch
- Bunch
- Killed the dragon
- 1977 derby winner, Seattle ____
- Murdered
More clues leading to the result SCAD
- Carangid fish
- Mackerel
- Huge amount
- A whole lot
- Big batch
- Warm-water fish
- Whole slew
- Large amount
- Tropical fish
- Fish also called a goggle-eye
More clues leading to the result RAFT
- Float
- Huck Finn's transport
- White-water vessel
- Floater
- Coin flipping actor
- Finn's transport
- Lifesaver, maybe
- River transport
- Kon Tiki
- Vehicle for Finn (Tribute #9)
More clues leading to the result PASSEL
- Whole bunch
- Whole slew
- Slew
- Bunch
- Lots and lots
- Large group
- Scores, with "a"
- Big group
- Whole lot
- Indefinite number: Dial.
More clues leading to the result BUNCH
- Cluster
- Group of grapes
- Banana buy
- The answer to each starred clue ends in a big one
- Banana cluster
- See 15-Across
- Cluster.
- Group, as of congenial people.
- Group of people.
- Group.
More clues leading to the result ATON
- "This must weigh ___!"
- Egyptian sun god
- Like __ of bricks
- Oodles
- "This weighs __!"
- Like ___ of bricks
- Gobs
- Gazillions
- Loads and loads
- Plenty
More clues leading to the result GOB
- Tar
- One who takes liberties
- Seaman
- Sea salt
- "Arrested Development" brother
- Jack-tar
- Sailor
- Sloppy lump
- Big wet hunk
- Squishy mass
More clues leading to the result MASS
- Requiem, for one
- Body of matter
- Part of E=mc²
- Eucharist Sacrifice
- Leonard Bernstein work
- Quantity
- Rite
- Father's celebration
- Body subject to gravity
- Factor of Einstein's formula