Silence
The crossword clue "Silence" is answered by SHUSH, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SHUSH
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHUSH answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1964. 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.
- NONOISE (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for SHUSH
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHUSH, most used first.
- "Be quiet!" - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- "Quiet!" - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- "Pipe down!" - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- "Quiet, you!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- "Zip it!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- "Keep it down!" - used 6 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.
- "The Silence of the Lambs" director - DEMME, used 21 times
- "The Silence of the ___" - LAMBS, used 12 times
- "The Silence of the Lambs" director Jonathan - DEMME, used 6 times
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