With the sound off

The answer

MUTED

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MUTED answer page.

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for MUTED

Every other clue in this collection answered by MUTED, most used first.

• Toned down - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
• Silenced - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Subdued - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Muffled - used 9 times, most recently in 2004
• Softened - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Soft - 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.

• In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
• Fill with joy - ELATE, used 232 times
• To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
• Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
• Put up with - ABIDE, used 183 times
• Gives off - EMITS, used 178 times

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