The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word PUN , but the solution may also be PUNS which is one of the most recent solution (2006 in Boston Globe).
Wordplay crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PUN | 50 % | 3 |
| PUNS | 25 % | 4 |
| WIT | 13 % | 3 |
| ANAGRAM | 13 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Wordplay
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- punning
- pun
- puns
- wordplays
- rhyming
- lyricism
- rhymes
- rhyme
- punny
- poeticism
- punchlines
- paronomasia
Crossword Answer definitions
PUN noun- A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.
- To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.
- To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.
- A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm.
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 PUN
- Crossword clue, sometimes
- Play on words
- "Cherry Garcia," e.g.
- "Cunning linguist," e.g.
- "The HarBowl," e.g.
- Crossword answer, at times
- Frank Zappa's "Sheik Yerbouti," e.g.
- Slain rapper Big ___
- The Beatles, e.g.
- "Silent knight," e.g.
More clues leading to the result PUNS
- Wordplays
- Cerf specialty
- Some wordplay
- Jokes that lead to groans
- Wordplay
- Paronomastic phrases
- Plays on words
- Some puzzle clues
- Bits of wordplay
- This puzzle's theme entries, e.g.
More clues leading to the result WIT
- Dorothy Parker, for one
- Brainpower
- Jocularity
- Quipster
- Dorothy Parker quality
- Good humor man
- Groucho trademark
- One skilled in repartee
- Keenness
- Drollery