The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word OMEN , but the solution may also be CAVE ART which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Writing on the wall crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OMEN | 69 % | 4 |
| GRAFFITI | 7 % | 8 |
| POST | 7 % | 4 |
| SIGN | 3 % | 4 |
| PORTENT | 3 % | 7 |
| FATE | 3 % | 4 |
| MENE | 3 % | 4 |
| CAVE ART | 3 % | 8 |
Why may CAVE-ART be the right solution?
The answer "CAVE ART" fits the clue "Writing on the wall?" because cave art typically refers to prehistoric drawings and paintings found on cave walls, making it a clever play on words for the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Writing on the wall
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- warning sign
- word to the wise
- shot across the bow
- smoke signal
- tip-off
- time bomb
- red flag
- dead giveaway
- accident waiting to happen
- warning
- stroke of luck
- kiss of death
Crossword Answer definitions
OMEN noun- Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.
- A thing of prophetic significance.
- To be an omen of.
- To divine or predict from omens.
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 OMEN
- Warning
- "The __" (1976 Gregory Peck film)
- Harbinger
- Portent
- Presage
- Sign of things to come
- 1976 Gregory Peck gothic thriller, "The _____"
- Bellwether in NOME?
- Black cat, maybe
- A sign of things to come
More clues leading to the result GRAFFITI
- Spray-painted writing
- Writings on a bridge, e.g.
- Scribblings on walls.
- Wall or sidewalk scrawlings
- Unwanted art
- Writing on the wall
- What 20-, 35-, and 55-Across have all been hit with
- The writing on the wall?
- Some wall art
More clues leading to the result POST
- Assignment
- Mail a letter
- Place notices
- Writing on the wall, perhaps?
- Blog contribution
- Washington paper
- Blog entry
- Mission
- Place for hitching
More clues leading to the result SIGN
- + or -
- Indication
- Omen
- Ink
- Speak with the hands
- Word after high or road
- Agree to a deal
- This word follows the last word of 18A, 23A, 50A, and 56A
- "What's your ___?"
- Say "I love you" by extending the thumb, index finger, and pinky, e.g.
More clues leading to the result PORTENT
- Ominous sign
- Omen
- Sign of things to come
- Straw in the wind
- Sign
- Sign to heed
- Augury
- Early indication
- Calamitous event.
- Ill omen.
More clues leading to the result FATE
- Kismet
- Destiny
- The inevitable
- Karma
- Dame Fortune
- It's meant to be
- Inevitability
- Fortune
- Possible explanation for a coincidence
- Song from "Kismet"
More clues leading to the result MENE
- "Handwriting on the wall" word
- Word in the handwriting on the wall
- Word on the wall
- Word on a wall
- Word on a wall, in Daniel
- Biblical graffito
- Part of the "writing on the wall" interpreted by Daniel
- Biblical word on a wall
- Bit of biblical graffiti
- Word on the biblical wall