Not saying anything

The answer

MUM

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

Used 7 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 6 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
• 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
• 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
• 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.

• "-- was saying ..." - ASI, used 395 times
• Not 'neath - OER, used 186 times
• Not many - FEW, used 155 times
• And not - NOR, used 104 times
• Not well - ILL, used 100 times
• Not neg. - POS, used 99 times

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