Utter nonsense
The crossword clue "Utter nonsense" is answered by HOKUM, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HOKUM
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HOKUM answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 7 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.
- BLATHER (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for HOKUM
Every other clue in this collection answered by HOKUM, most used first.
- Nonsense - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Balderdash - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Bunk - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- Malarkey - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Nonsense - TRIPE, used 65 times
- "Nonsense!" - PSHAW, used 55 times
- Nonsense - HOOEY, used 46 times
- Utter - SHEER, used 34 times
- Utter confusion - CHAOS, used 28 times
- Utter - TOTAL, used 27 times
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