Owl howl

The answer

HOOT

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HOOT answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for HOOT

Every other clue in this collection answered by HOOT, most used first.

• Owl's sound - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Owl sound - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Knee-slapper - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
• Owl call - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Owl's call - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Holler's partner - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Owl's cry - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Catcall - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Owl's comment - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Bird sound. - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• Derisive sound - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Jeer - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Night sound - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Sound from an owl - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Derisive shout - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Laugh-a-minute - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Amusing antic - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Rib-tickler - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Riot - used 6 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.

• Wise ___ owl - ASAN, used 84 times
• As wise __ owl - ASAN, used 61 times
• Mouse, to an owl - PREY, used 13 times
• Like the spotted owl - RARE, used 9 times
• As __ as an owl - WISE, used 7 times
• "The Owl and the Pussycat" poet - LEAR, used 7 times

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