"Silence!"

The answer

SHH

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

Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 5 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.

• HUSH (30 uses in xd)
• GAG (14 uses in xd)
• SHUSH (11 uses in xd)
• MUTE (7 uses in xd)
• NONOISE (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for SHH

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

• "Quiet!" - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
• "Be quiet!" - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
• "Keep it down!" - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• "Pipe down!" - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• "Zip it!" - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• "No talking!" - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• "Quiet down!" - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• "Quiet, please!" - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• "Hush!" - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Librarian's admonition - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• "Stop talking!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Theater admonition - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Librarian's warning - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• "This is a library!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• 'Quiet!' - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Recital rebuke - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• "Put a lid on it!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Quiet "Quiet!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• The sound of "Silence!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Zip your lip!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Can it!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• "Not so loud!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• "Put a sock in it!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Sound of "Silence!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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 - GAG, used 14 times

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