The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word NIL , but the solution may also be ZERO which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Zip crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NIL | 36 % | 3 |
| NADA | 16 % | 4 |
| NONE | 9 % | 4 |
| PEP | 8 % | 3 |
| ELAN | 4 % | 4 |
| ENERGY | 3 % | 6 |
| VIM | 3 % | 3 |
| OOMPH | 2 % | 5 |
| ZERO | 2 % | 4 |
| TANG | 2 % | 4 |
| DART | 2 % | 4 |
| GOOSEEGG | 2 % | 8 |
| ZILCH | 2 % | 5 |
| ZEST | 1 % | 4 |
| NOTAONE | 1 % | 7 |
| SPICE | 1 % | 5 |
| TEAR | 1 % | 4 |
| NULL | 0 % | 4 |
| NOTONE | 0 % | 6 |
| NONEATALL | 0 % | 9 |
| SCAMPER | 0 % | 7 |
| BOUNCE | 0 % | 6 |
| NOTONETHING | 0 % | 11 |
| NAUGHT | 0 % | 6 |
| DIDDLY | 0 % | 6 |
| GUSTO | 0 % | 5 |
| VIGOR | 0 % | 5 |
| HIE | 0 % | 3 |
| SPICINESS | 0 % | 9 |
| NOTONEIOTA | 0 % | 10 |
| SQUAT | 0 % | 5 |
| POUND | 0 % | 5 |
| MOVEATHIGHSPEED | 0 % | 15 |
| CODE | 0 % | 4 |
| SCRATCH | 0 % | 7 |
| ADDRESSCODE | 0 % | 11 |
| ZOOM | 0 % | 4 |
| AUGHT | 0 % | 5 |
| SPEED | 0 % | 5 |
| WHIZ | 0 % | 4 |
| PARTOFANADDRESS | 0 % | 15 |
| KINDOFDRIVE | 0 % | 11 |
| JACKSQUAT | 0 % | 9 |
| SPEEDALONG | 0 % | 10 |
| POSTALCODE | 0 % | 10 |
Why may NONE be the right solution?
The word "zip" can mean "nothing" or "zero," which is synonymous with "none."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Zip
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- zipper
- speed
- hurry
- nada
- zilch
- nothing
- nix
- zero
- cipher
- goose egg
- aught
- cypher
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 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 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 PEP
- Get-up-and-go
- Kind of talk or pill
- High spirits
- Kind of pill or talk
- Kind of talk
- Energy
- The ___ Boys
- Vigor
- Zing
- Energy at rallies
More clues leading to the result ELAN
More clues leading to the result ENERGY
- Power
- Get-up-and-go
- Cabinet department
- Government department headed by Steven Chu
- Pep
- ___ drink
- Pizzazz
- What fuel provides
- Vim
- Reaction release
More clues leading to the result VIM
- Zip
- Pep
- High spirits
- Get-up-and-go
- Energy
- Liveliness
- Vigour
- Dash
- Lively spirit
- It helps one accomplish a goal
More clues leading to the result OOMPH
- Get-up-and-go
- Animation
- Extra effort
- Extra somethin' somethin'
- Je ne sais quoi
- Pizzazz
- Vitality
- Sex appeal
- "The __ Girl" (Ann Sheridan)
- Gusto
More clues leading to the result ZERO
- Nil
- With no value
- Gravity or hour leader
- Love, in tennis
- Nothing
- 1 in 10?
- It's nothing, really
- Main character in Elmer Rice's "The Adding Machine"
- One less?
- Round number?
More clues leading to the result TANG
- Space drink
- Space juice
- Surgeonfish
- Zest
- Astronaut's drink
- Zest in a backwards GNAT?
- Chinese dynasty
- Kool-Aid competitor
- Flavor to remember
- Tart taste
More clues leading to the result DART
- Flit about
- Pub missile
- Pub projectile
- Blowgun ammo
- Thing shot in a bar
- Bull's-eye hitter
- Fly (through)
- It may be blown out by a hunter
- It might be thrown at a bull
- It might be tossed out while picking up a blonde
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 ZILCH
More clues leading to the result ZEST
- Love of life
- Pizzazz
- Ebullience
- Liveliness
- Gusto
- Passion
- Piquancy
- Spirited enjoyment
- Part of an orange
- Drink garnish
More clues leading to the result NOTAONE
More clues leading to the result SPICE
- Little girl's ingredient
- Add zest
- Cumin or coriander
- Pizzazz
- Zesty addition
- Sugar's partner in rhyme
- Zesty quality
- Make more piquant
- Garam masala ingredient
- Little girl ingredient?
More clues leading to the result TEAR
- Eye drop
- Kind of gas
- Sorrowful drop
- Certain drop
- Eyedrop?
- Pull apart
- React to onion-slicing
- Rip apart
- Speed
- Dotted-line instruction
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 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 NONEATALL
More clues leading to the result SCAMPER
- Frolic
- Run like a rabbit
- Run like a chipmunk
- Zip
- Run playfully
- Run like a mouse.
- A quick hurried run.
- Rush about.
- Playful scurry.
- Run
More clues leading to the result BOUNCE
- Spring in one's step
- Carom
- ___ back (recover)
- Fail to clear, as a check
- Show the door
- Enjoy a trampoline
- Ricochet
- Dribble
- Verve.
- Energy: Slang.
More clues leading to the result NOTONETHING
More clues leading to the result NAUGHT
More clues leading to the result DIDDLY
More clues leading to the result GUSTO
- Spirited enjoyment
- Zest
- Word in Schlitz ads
- "Go for the ___"
- Oomph
- Keen enjoyment
- Hearty enjoyment
- Enthusiasm
- Relish
- "Go for the ___" (Schlitz motto)
More clues leading to the result VIGOR
More clues leading to the result HIE
- Get a move on
- Step on it
- Get the lead out
- Hasten
- Hurry
- Hurry, old style
- Not dawdle
- Shakespeare's "Move it!"
- Go quickly
- Go rapidly
More clues leading to the result SPICINESS
More clues leading to the result NOTONEIOTA
More clues leading to the result SQUAT
- Catcher's posture
- Catcher's position
- Nothing
- Scratch
- Stubby
- Zilch
- Diddly-___
- Short and stubby
- Workout routine
- Short and thick
More clues leading to the result POUND
- Twenty shillings, once
- # key
- Pulverize
- Home for strays
- Deli unit
- Temporary home for strays
- Nottingham note
- Hammer
- Stray dog house
- Butcher shop unit
More clues leading to the result MOVEATHIGHSPEED
More clues leading to the result CODE
- Cryptogram
- Zip ___
- Omert... or bushido
- Word with 16A
- Word with bar or dress
- Omerta or bushido
- ___ of silence (what a snitch breaks)
- "The Da Vinci ___"
- Programmer's output
- Web developer's output
More clues leading to the result SCRATCH
- Kentucky Derby cancellation
- Sniff partner
- Do a DJ's job
- Zip
- Pool infraction
- Pool error
- Cancel
- Deal with poison ivy, in a way
- Square one
- Pool problem
More clues leading to the result ADDRESSCODE
More clues leading to the result ZOOM
- Rocket
- More than motor
- Sort of lens
- Move quickly
- Camera feature
- Type of lens
- Kind of lens
- Jet sound
- Closeup lens
- Quickly pan (in)
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 SPEED
- Floor it
- Risk a summons
- Defy the limit
- Put the pedal to the metal
- Rate of movement
- Velocity
- Exceed the limit
- Risk a ticket
- Ignore the limit
- Going rate?