Furtive summons

The answer

PSST

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PSST answer page.

Used 32 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• PSSST (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for PSST

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

• "Hey, you!" - used 325 times, most recently in 2026
• "Hey, over here!" - used 232 times, most recently in 2026
• "Over here!" - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
• Sibilant summons - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Hushed "Hey!" - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Whispered call - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Attention-getting whisper - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Furtive "Hey, you!" - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• "Hey you!" whisper - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Furtive "Hey!" - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
• Soft "Hey, you!" - used 27 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Nuisance - PEST, used 336 times
• Entreaty - PLEA, used 282 times
• Equal - PEER, used 256 times
• Saucy - PERT, used 233 times
• Ballet bend - PLIE, used 224 times
• ___ colada - PINA, used 222 times

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