Nonsense
The crossword clue "Nonsense" is answered by JIVE, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1996. 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
JIVE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the JIVE answer page.
Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for JIVE
Every other clue in this collection answered by JIVE, most used first.
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- Jazz jargon - used 20 times, most recently in 2020
- Baloney - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
- Deceptive talk - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Jazzy jargon - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Hepcat talk - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Hipster's jargon - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Jazz lingo - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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!" - BOSH, used 97 times
- Nonsense - BUNK, used 16 times
- Nonsense - TOSH, used 14 times
- Nonsense: Slang. - BLAH, used 14 times
- Nonsense - GUFF, used 13 times
- Sing nonsense syllables - SCAT, used 11 times
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