Close-mouthed
The crossword clue "Close-mouthed" is answered by MUM, a 3-letter entry. Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MUM
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MUM answer page.
Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 9 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.
- SECRETIVE (1 uses in xd)
- TACITURN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for MUM
Every other clue in this collection answered by MUM, most used first.
- Silent - used 148 times, most recently in 2026
- Tight-lipped - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Not talking - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- It's the word - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Fall flower, for short - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Saying nothing - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Closemouthed - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Quiet - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
- Ornamental flower, for short - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- The word? - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- "___'s the word" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Autumn blossom, briefly - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Not saying anything - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Clammed up - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Close-lipped - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Keep ___ (say nothing) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Not saying a word - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Queen ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Uncommunicative - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
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.
- Close - END, used 85 times
- Come to a close - END, used 75 times
- Close friend - PAL, used 47 times
- Close to the ground - LOW, used 34 times
- Bring to a close - END, used 27 times
- Not even close - FAR, used 23 times
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