Silence
The crossword clue "Silence" is answered by MUTE, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MUTE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MUTE answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 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.
- NONOISE (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for MUTE
Every other clue in this collection answered by MUTE, most used first.
- Remote button - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Silent - used 41 times, most recently in 2023
- Remote control button - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- TV remote button - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Trumpet accessory - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Trumpet muffler - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Speechless - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
- Sound-off button - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Remote option - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Tone down - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- "Sound off" remote button - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Trumpeter's accessory - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Horn accessory - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Silence - HUSH, used 30 times
- Musical silence - REST, used 28 times
- Sudden silence - HUSH, used 9 times
- Symbol of silence - CLAM, used 8 times
- Silence between notes - REST, used 7 times
- "The ___ is silence" (Hamlet's last words) - REST, used 7 times
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