Engine noise
The crossword clue "Engine noise" is answered by HUM, a 3-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HUM
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HUM answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for HUM
Every other clue in this collection answered by HUM, most used first.
- Drone - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Run smoothly - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Engine sound - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Sing without words - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Buzz - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
- Sing wordlessly - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Play a kazoo - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Smooth engine sound - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Be busy - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Run well - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Carry a tune without words - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Droning sound - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Play the kazoo - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Rhythmic sound - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Gun the engine - REV, used 168 times
- Gun, as an engine - REV, used 144 times
- Engine part - CAM, used 67 times
- Loud noise - DIN, used 65 times
- Race, as an engine - REV, used 34 times
- Noise - DIN, used 28 times
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