Play the kazoo

The answer

HUM

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HUM answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Engine noise - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• 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.

• In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
• In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
• Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
• "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
• To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
• In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times

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