It's the word
The crossword clue "It's the word" is answered by MUM, a 3-letter entry. Used 21 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 7 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 21 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- 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
- Close-mouthed - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- 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.
- 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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