Real hoot
The crossword clue "Real hoot" is answered by RIOT, a 4-letter entry. Used 37 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
RIOT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RIOT answer page.
Used 37 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 12 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.
- PANIC (3 uses in xd)
- SCREAM (3 uses in xd)
- GASSER (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for RIOT
Every other clue in this collection answered by RIOT, most used first.
- Hilarious person - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
- Barrel of laughs - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
- Laugh-a-minute - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Mob scene - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
- Very funny person - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Laugh-a-minute type - 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.
- Give a hoot - CARE, used 190 times
- "It's ___ real!" - BEEN, used 66 times
- Move, in real estate lingo - RELO, used 43 times
- Real estate unit - ACRE, used 38 times
- Real estate measure - ACRE, used 34 times
- They give a hoot - OWLS, used 31 times
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