The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word NIL which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2025.
Zero crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NIL | 48 % | 3 |
| NONE | 22 % | 4 |
| NOTONE | 5 % | 6 |
| AUGHT | 4 % | 5 |
| NOTAONE | 3 % | 7 |
| NADA | 2 % | 4 |
| NULL | 2 % | 4 |
| NAUGHT | 2 % | 6 |
| GOOSEEGG | 2 % | 8 |
| NOTANY | 1 % | 6 |
| MOSTEL | 1 % | 6 |
| OUGHT | 1 % | 5 |
| NOUGHT | 1 % | 6 |
| RESET | 1 % | 5 |
| NOTAWHIT | 1 % | 8 |
| CIPHER | 1 % | 6 |
| NOTHING | 1 % | 7 |
| LOVE | 1 % | 4 |
| ZIP | 0 % | 3 |
| NOTABIT | 0 % | 7 |
| BIGLOSER | 0 % | 8 |
| BEETLEBAILEYPAL | 0 % | 15 |
| NONEATALL | 0 % | 9 |
| COUNTDOWNENDING | 0 % | 15 |
| NARYAONE | 0 % | 8 |
| WWIIATTACKPLANE | 0 % | 15 |
| XAXISORIGIN | 0 % | 11 |
| ACTORMOSTEL | 0 % | 11 |
| NOT1BIT | 0 % | 7 |
| ITSLOVEINTENNIS | 0 % | 15 |
| FIGHTERAIRCRAFT | 0 % | 15 |
Why may NONE be the right solution?
The answer to "Zero" is "NONE" because "none" means "not any" or "zero" in numerical terms.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Zero
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- zero in
- ordinal
- cypher
- cipher
- no
- nada
- cardinal
- aught
- zip
- nothing
- goose egg
- naught
Crossword Answer definitions
NIL noun- Nothing; zero.
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 NIL
More clues leading to the result NONE
- Zilch
- "____ of your beeswax!"
- __ of the above
- ___ of the above
- Not a whit
- Zip
- Nary a one
- "__ But the Brave"
- "__ of your beeswax!"
- What the elite are second to
More clues leading to the result NOTONE
- Zero
- Zilch
- Nary a
- Zippo
- Nary a soul
- Zip
- What "nary" means.
- "But ___ cent for tribute"
- " . . . ditties of ___": Keats
- Opposite of all
More clues leading to the result AUGHT
- Zip, once
- Anything
- Anything whatever
- Zero
- Cipher
- It means anything, or nothing at all
- It's nothing
- Goose egg
- Anything.
- Cipher.
More clues leading to the result NOTAONE
More clues leading to the result NADA
- Zero
- Zilch
- Nothing, in Nogales
- Zip
- Nothing: Spanish
- Possible reply to "Que pasa?"
- Slangy refusal
- Zip, to Zapata
- Squadoosh
- Squat
More clues leading to the result NULL
- Containing no matter
- Void's partner
- No longer valid
- Without legal force
- Amounting to nothing
- Zero
- Invalid
- Invalidate
- ___ and void
- __ and void
More clues leading to the result NAUGHT
More clues leading to the result GOOSEEGG
- Zero
- It means nothing
- 0, to Al Michaels or Bob Costas
- A score of zero
- Zero, in sports slang
- 0
- Big fat nothing
- Zip code?
- Big fat zero
- Zilch
More clues leading to the result NOTANY
More clues leading to the result MOSTEL
- Star of the "Producers"
- Film star of the "Producers"
- First to play Tevye
- Zero of "The Producers"
- "The Producers" star Zero
- Zero on the screen
- Zero on stage
- Zero of the theater
- Zero with three Tonys
- Tevye portrayer
More clues leading to the result OUGHT
- __ to (must)
- O
- Should, with "to"
- Has an obligation
- Is well advised
- Is expected (to)
- Is obligated (to)
- "You ___ to know better!"
- Had better, with "to"
- Is obliged, with "to"
More clues leading to the result NOUGHT
More clues leading to the result RESET
- Adjust
- Adjust the alarm
- Bowler's button
- Bowling-alley button
- Computer button
- Start over, in bowling
- Timer button
- Bowling alley button
- CTRL-ALT-DEL alternative
- Put back to zero
More clues leading to the result NOTAWHIT
More clues leading to the result CIPHER
- "Zxbrgd," probably
- O
- 0, or a code
- Secret code
- See 22 Across
- Go figure
- Written code
- Coded message
- Thing to be cracked
- Coded writing
More clues leading to the result NOTHING
- Love, to Venus?
- Middle of observation
- Zero
- What this puzzle is about?
- Cipher.
- Nonentity.
- Absence of all magnitude.
- This answers: "Jane Eyre."
- Goose egg.
- What is served at a Barmecide feast.
More clues leading to the result LOVE
- Cherish deeply
- Hold dear
- It meant nothing to Nastase
- Singer Courtney
- Zero, in tennis
- Courtney or Davis
- First word in countless song titles
- Zero, at Wimbledon
- Adoration
- Rom-com subject
More clues leading to the result ZIP
- Postal code
- Code type
- Word before car or code
- Nothing
- Oomph
- Compress a computer file
- Energy
- Extra oomph
- Shrink computer files
- Shrink, as computer files
More clues leading to the result NOTABIT
- "Hardly"
- "Squadoosh"
- In no way
- To no extent
- None at all
- Spartan's response to "How much does it hurt?"
- None whatsoever
- Agreeable answer to "Do you mind?"
- Cooperative response to "Do you mind?"
- Diddly