Serenade the villain
The crossword clue "Serenade the villain" is answered by HISS, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HISS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HISS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
Other clues for HISS
Every other clue in this collection answered by HISS, most used first.
- Greet the villain - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Snake's sound - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Radiator sound - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
- Snake sound - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Sound of disapproval - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Sibilant sound - used 20 times, most recently in 2020
- Snake's warning - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Angry cat's sound - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Blow off steam? - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Cat's warning - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Sound from an angry cat - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Show displeasure - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Vent sound - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
- Boo's partner - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Angry cat's warning - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Sound like a snake - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Bad reception? - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Greeting for a villain - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- Sound of a snake - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- "Boo" accompaniment - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Express disapproval - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
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- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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