Word "HINT" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a slight indication
Synonyms:
clue

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a just detectable amount
Synonyms:
suggestion, tint, trace
Examples:
a hint mockery in her manner

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
drop a hint; intimate by a hint
Synonyms:
suggest

Crossword Clues for HINT

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Clue Source Date
Indirect suggestion Universal 19 Nov 2025
Suggestion Wall Street Journal 18 Nov 2025
Bit of help Newsday 06 Nov 2025
Help for a stumped solver New York Times 14 Oct 2025
Clue wraith in Tolkien hides The Times Quick Cryptic 10 Oct 2025
Helpful tip for a puzzler Universal 04 Oct 2025
Help for a crossword solver, say
Suggest curtain material perhaps without frills The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Sep 2025
Indirect indication (4) Mirror Classic 28 Aug 2025
Helpful clue Newsday 18 Aug 2025
Some gibberish in this clue The Sun Two Speed 04 Aug 2025
Suggestion The Sun Two Speed 04 Aug 2025
Slightest suggestion
Subtle clue
Suggestion from monarch in trouble
"Latvia and Luxembourg are not involved in this meta," e.g.
Whiff or whisper Wall Street Journal 05 Jun 2025
Suggestion The Sun Two Speed 02 Jun 2025
Clue from witch in Telford The Sun Two Speed 02 Jun 2025
Pointer Thomas Joseph 13 May 2025
Innuendo or insinuation
Taste buffet sandwiches first in nightclub (4)
Subtle suggestion Universal 16 Apr 2025
Crossword-solving aid
Current head of Telegraph will uphold hard clue The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Apr 2025
When doubled, comment made with a wink New York Times 20 Mar 2025
Clue in a puzzle
Slight amount Newsday 09 Mar 2025
Tiny amount of thin solution (4)
Leave a small tip New York Times 25 Feb 2025
Half thinking a change is needed in the clue (4)
Clue The Telegraph Quick 19 Feb 2025
Intimate Eugene Sheffer 10 Feb 2025
Clue Universal 06 Feb 2025
Clue, pointer The Times Concise 30 Jan 2025
Tip of the month in this paper (4)
Small amount of helpful advice
You may need one to get the answer to this (4)
Very small trace Mirror Classic 06 Jan 2025
Intimate clue (4)
Clue USA Today Quick 19 Dec 2024
Suggestion lacking in substance, first to last (4)
Clue USA Today 21 Nov 2024
Trace of flavor Universal 19 Nov 2024
Clue or suggestion (4)
Help for a crossword solver, say
Subtle suggestion New York Times 15 Nov 2024
Dialogue from an NPC, often
Subtle help feature in DTC
Clue Universal 15 Nov 2024
Bit of help LA Times Daily 13 Nov 2024
Crossword title to the puzzle's theme, say
Means of getting unstuck New York Times 27 Oct 2024
Tip load of mulch in trailer (4)
Gentle suggestion LA Times Daily 01 Oct 2024
Bit of a thin time, let's suggest
Clue, suggestion (4)
Clue LA Times Daily 09 Sep 2024
Clue may be got from paragraph in text (4)
Intimation Mirror Classic 02 Sep 2024
Puzzle solver's request
Helpful suggestion Universal 27 Aug 2024
Clue in truth interesting The Times Quick Cryptic 26 Aug 2024
Suggestion from wraith in Tolkien The Sun Two Speed 26 Aug 2024
Clue The Sun Two Speed 26 Aug 2024
Help for the stumped LA Times Daily 15 Aug 2024
Clue in a puzzle
Suggestion Mirror Quick 09 Aug 2024
Tiny bit of a clue Mirror Cryptic 09 Aug 2024
Suggestion The Telegraph Quick 01 Aug 2024
Word repeated to indicate an insinuation
A mere touch, possibly less than nothing
Tip, suggestion (4)
Suggestion from coach in team
Help for a guesser, in a puzzle
Unusually thin clue (4)
Clue - it's in match, international! (4)
Stitch in time - there's a clue in there The Times Quick Cryptic 08 Jun 2024
Synonym for what you're looking at
Clue The Telegraph Quick 05 Jun 2024
Subtle suggestion (4) Puzzler 05 Jun 2024
Pass as a worker (4)
High-interest housing indicator (4)
Tip; subtle indication The Times Concise 25 May 2024
Tip that's very little, indeed (4)
Suggest bash round beginning of November (4)
Thinking the tap is broken - the tip (4)
Escape room request
Nudge in an escape room
Such a clue could be thin (4)
Nudge that points a guesser in the right direction
Crossword-solving aid
As a clue it may be thin (4)
"Can't you take a ___!?"
"Can't you take a __!?" LA Times Daily 09 Apr 2024
A clue that's thin, taken head-to-tail (4)
Success, accepting new suggestion
Bit of help Newsday 28 Mar 2024
Slight tinge
Help for a guesser, in a puzzle
Terribly thin clue Mirror Cryptic 23 Feb 2024
Suggestion Mirror Quick 23 Feb 2024
Thin sort of indication (4)
Indirect indication or suggestion (4)
This clue is one Universal 30 Jan 2024
Characters hiding in patch in the shade (4)
Vague suggestion Newsday 28 Dec 2023
Intimate it should be just the teeniest bit (4)
Man extremely lucky with property has a slight come down (6,4)
Indication, clue Mirror Tea Time 11 Dec 2023
Soupçon LA Times Daily 06 Dec 2023
Intimation Mirror Classic 04 Dec 2023
Inkling New York Times 03 Dec 2023
When doubled, comment made with a wink New York Times 02 Dec 2023
Suggestion The Sun Two Speed 21 Nov 2023
Stitch in time gives clue The Sun Two Speed 21 Nov 2023
Pointer New York Times 05 Nov 2023
Pointer Premier Sunday 05 Nov 2023
"Can you give me a ___?" (stumped puzzle solver's ask)
Suspicion of strike around November The Times Quick Cryptic 17 Oct 2023
Some truth in this clue The Telegraph Cryptic 10 Oct 2023
Subtle help, such as "See Wrong" in this game
Help for a puzzler Universal 11 Jul 2023
Bit of help with solving a puzzle USA Today 15 Jun 2023
Pointer Eugene Sheffer 11 May 2023
What a clue is Family Time 07 May 2023
Clue to an answer, say
Puzzle hunt aid USA Today 24 Mar 2023
Brain teaser aid LA Times Daily 10 Mar 2023
Subtle suggestion USA Today 15 Feb 2023
Puzzle solver's clue
"Can you give me a ___?" (some clue)
Helpful suggestion Newsday 11 Jan 2023
Escape room nudge Universal 20 Dec 2022
Slight indication or clue
Imply gangland killing involves money essentially The Telegraph Toughie 08 Nov 2022
Helpful suggestion Newsday 02 Nov 2022
Clue The Telegraph Quick 02 Nov 2022
Pointer Wall Street Journal 26 Oct 2022
Some rubbish in this clue The Times Cryptic 18 Oct 2022
Touch New York Times 08 Oct 2022
Trace LA Times Daily 06 Sep 2022
Clue is success, Neo at first admitted
Leave a small tip New York Times 13 Aug 2022
Puzzle solver's aid
Bit of help with a riddle USA Today 25 Jul 2022
Bit of help Universal 19 Jun 2022
Indirect indication The Times Concise 02 Jun 2022
Clue Universal 21 May 2022
Intimation Thomas Joseph 02 May 2022
"This answer is within this clue," e.g Universal 25 Apr 2022
Clue or tip Family Time 18 Apr 2022
Indirectly indicate The Times Concise 17 Mar 2022
Clue The Washington Post 23 Feb 2022
Clue LA Times Daily 23 Feb 2022
Clue in Telegraph intractable
Clue in Telegraph intractable The Guardian Cryptic 19 Jan 2022
Help for a stumped solver LA Times Daily 04 Jan 2022
Intimate Eugene Sheffer 26 Nov 2021
Whisper LA Times Daily 24 Nov 2021
Clue that might give 'thee' The Telegraph Toughie 04 Nov 2021
Trace of flavor Universal 28 Oct 2021
Slight suggestion Newsday 06 Oct 2021
"Getting warmer," for one Universal 02 Oct 2021
Suggestion The Washington Post 04 Sep 2021
Suggestion LA Times Daily 04 Sep 2021
Clue Universal 01 Sep 2021
'It starts with an H,' for this answer USA Today 03 Aug 2021
Aid for someone stumped Newsday 20 Jul 2021
Clue The Telegraph Quick 07 Jul 2021
The clue to why there are no wagons in Washington Irish Times Crosaire 02 Jun 2021
Whiff, as of perfume Universal 23 May 2021
Suggestion Wall Street Journal 10 May 2021
Something to lend a hand Newsday 02 May 2021
Clue The Telegraph Quick 29 Apr 2021
Bit of help New York Times 22 Apr 2021
Suggestion The Sun Two Speed 02 Apr 2021
Stitch in time gives clue The Sun Two Speed 02 Apr 2021
Trivia host's clue Universal 05 Mar 2021
What's essential to distinguish, in this clue
Aid for a stumped puzzle solver USA Today 09 Jan 2021
Crossword title, often The Washington Post 20 Dec 2020
Crossword title, often LA Times Daily 20 Dec 2020
Helpful clue Newsday 07 Dec 2020
Slight taste Wall Street Journal 27 Oct 2020
Clue USA Today 01 Sep 2020
Riddle-solving aid USA Today 29 Aug 2020
Suggestion from wraith in Tolkien The Sun Two Speed 12 Jul 2020
Clue The Sun Two Speed 12 Jul 2020
'Give me a ___' USA Today 22 Jun 2020
Helpful clue USA Today 19 Jun 2020
Clue Universal 19 Jun 2020
Helpful suggestion The Telegraph Quick 15 Jun 2020
Bit of help Newsday 24 May 2020
"See Wrong" or "+10 Letters" in this puzzle
It might get you an answer Jonesin 12 May 2020
Clue from winner eclipsing Boatman's last
Clue is tenuous, time to finish! The Telegraph Toughie 09 Apr 2020
Inkling Premier Sunday 29 Mar 2020
Pointer Wall Street Journal 21 Mar 2020
Bit of help in an escape room New York Times 11 Mar 2020
Let it be known indirectly there are no wagons in Washington Irish Times Crosaire 09 Mar 2020
Clue for the clueless New York Times 02 Mar 2020
Indicate indirectly USA Today 19 Feb 2020
Very small amount New York Times 14 Feb 2020
Subtle taste Wall Street Journal 01 Feb 2020
Help for a solver
Help for a crossword solver, say
Guesser's request USA Today 14 Oct 2019
First letter falls in transparent clue The Telegraph Toughie 20 Sep 2019
Guessing game aid USA Today 09 Sep 2019
Subtle help
Subtle suggestion Newsday 18 Aug 2019
Some gibberish in this clue The Sun Two Speed 22 Jul 2019
Subtle clue
Clue LA Times Daily 02 Jul 2019
Clue The Washington Post 02 Jul 2019
Help for a stumped solver LA Times Daily 28 May 2019
Help for a stumped solver The Washington Post 28 May 2019
'Getting warmer,' e.g USA Today 02 May 2019
Clue Eugene Sheffer 01 May 2019
Suggest knight is involved in planned murder
Soupçon The Washington Post 03 Apr 2019
Soupçon LA Times Daily 03 Apr 2019
Clue on this puzzle, say
Subtle amount Newsday 15 Mar 2019
Clue from wraith in Tolkien The Sun Two Speed 04 Mar 2019
Clue Canadiana 25 Feb 2019
A dash within, the clue within The Telegraph Toughie 25 Jan 2019
Clue for success without name
"Getting warmer," e.g.
Guessing game aid
Soupçon
Clue
Help for a stumped solver
Guesser's request
Clue Newsday 12 Dec 2018
"You're getting warmer," e.g Universal 30 Nov 2018
Clue Family Time 26 Nov 2018
Intimate Eugene Sheffer 26 Nov 2018
Suggestion LA Times Daily 01 Nov 2018
Suggestion The Washington Post 01 Nov 2018
Clue penned by wordsmith in Times
Tip: horse is not trying, just starting
Suggestion made by husband in jest, ultimately
You can reveal this answer using one
Tiny amount Newsday 06 Sep 2018
Suggestion Thomas Joseph 11 Aug 2018
Clue to an answer
Help for the stumped USA Today 08 Jul 2018
Suggestion inadequate, first to last
Dash, as of a spice LA Times Daily 21 May 2018
Clue
Dash, as of a spice The Washington Post 21 May 2018
Clue New York Times 29 Apr 2018
Indirect indication The Times Concise 13 Apr 2018
Clue relative Universal 16 Mar 2018
"Can you give me a ___?" (Stumped puzzler's request)
Imply The Sun Two Speed 16 Feb 2018
Clue for 'Shinto' unlimited The Sun Two Speed 16 Feb 2018
Subtle clue Universal 14 Jan 2018
Dash, as of a spice
Suggestion
Clue
"You're getting warmer," e.g.
Subtle clue
Help for the stumped
Anorexic from top to bottom tip
Small clue Newsday 13 Dec 2017
Indirect assistance Newsday 16 Nov 2017
60-Across, to 34-Across, e.g New York Times 11 Nov 2017
This answer ends in 'T,' e.g New York Times 22 Oct 2017
Aid for the stumped Newsday 01 Oct 2017
Bottle a flash in the pan as a pointer Irish Times Crosaire 15 Sep 2017
Tip Wall Street Journal 09 Sep 2017
Cue or clue Premier Sunday 25 Jun 2017
Another word for a clue you would use when stuck
Inkling Newsday 25 May 2017
Soupçon New York Times 19 May 2017
Greeting given by Matthew etc bringing a suggestion The Telegraph Cryptic 05 May 2017
Clue Wall Street Journal 10 Apr 2017
Aid in solving Premier Sunday 26 Mar 2017
Subtle helper Universal 23 Mar 2017
Suggest a clue for this answer The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Mar 2017
Vaguely suggest Universal 02 Mar 2017
Small trace The Washington Post 26 Jan 2017
Small trace Wall Street Journal 11 Jan 2017
Vaguely suggest
Soupçon
This answer ends in "T," e.g.
Clue
60-Across, to 34-Across, e.g.
Subtle bit of help The Washington Post 27 Dec 2016
Subtle bit of help USA Today 13 Dec 2016
Aid for a solver USA Today 19 Nov 2016
Tip The Washington Post 14 Nov 2016
Tip, clue The Telegraph Quick 25 Sep 2016
Aid for the stumped Wall Street Journal 03 Sep 2016
Help for a guesser USA Today 21 Aug 2016
Tip — small amount The Guardian Quick 16 Jul 2016
"Gimme a __" LA Times Daily 21 May 2016
Clue's success describes Spinner, essentially
Subtle suggestion Universal 15 May 2016
Subtlety LA Times Daily 13 May 2016
Help for the puzzled USA Today 29 Apr 2016
New parts have an effect on signal
For which you need to search within this clue The Telegraph Cryptic 31 Jan 2016
Help for the puzzled New York Times 20 Jan 2016
It can be dropped
"Gimme a __"
Subtlety
Help for a guesser
Help for the puzzled
Hotel opens in no time - that's some clue! Irish Times Crosaire 22 Dec 2015
When repeated, a subtle (or sometimes not-so-subtle) comment New York Times 22 Dec 2015
Intimate clinch in TV part
Suggest a bash round beginning of November The Sun Two Speed 22 Oct 2015
Allusive remark The Sun Two Speed 22 Oct 2015
Treasure hunt aid Family Time 27 Sep 2015
"Getting warmer," e.g Universal 21 Sep 2015
"You're getting warmer," e.g USA Today 17 Sep 2015
Bit to go on? New York Times 04 Jun 2015
Merest suggestion Newsday 29 May 2015
Suggestion having some worth in time
Intimation Newsday 24 May 2015
Intimation Thomas Joseph 13 May 2015
Suspicion of faith, in truth
Whiff The Chronicle of Higher Education 27 Feb 2015
"Warm" or "cold" Universal 24 Feb 2015
California's ___ Valley New York Times 12 Feb 2015
"Can you give me a __?" LA Times Daily 28 Jan 2015
Trace LA Times Daily 25 Jan 2015
Hardly noticeable amount LA Times Daily 07 Jan 2015
"Warm" or "cold"
Bit to go on?
Help for the flummoxed
Nudge
When repeated, a subtle (or sometimes not-so-subtle) comment
"Getting warmer," e.g.
"You're getting warmer," e.g.
Aid in answering
Whiff
Mystery hunt aid
Soupçon
Touch
"Can you give me a __?"
Hardly noticeable amount
Trace
Intimation
Merest suggestion
Clue that's hard in Times initially
Indicate indirectly
Request from the puzzled
Clue
Jose Gonzalez might drop one
Intimation
Help for the puzzled
Help for a solver
Clue about new album
Innuendo
Helpful information
Bit of color
Something dropped
Something dropped orally
Whiff or whisper
Suspicion
Word from the wise
Indirect indication
Treble Charger song for you right now?
"The Sharp ___ of New Tears" Dashboard Confessional
Clue
Some people can't take one
Subtle suggestion
Help for the stumped
Helpful clue
Guesser's request
Slightest amount
Helpful suggestion
A bit of help
Help from Heloise
Inkling
"Getting warmer," e.g.
Request from the stumped
Small clue
Helpful tip
Aid for the puzzled
Slight amount
Helpful clue
Get (at)
Treble Charger's 19 min. song
Insinuate
Inkling
Help with an answer
Whiff
What [wink wink] may signify
Help for a guesser
Insinuate
"I can take a ___"
Insinuate
Inkling
Help with an answer
Pointer
One might get dropped in an interview
Clue or cue
What 1-Across and 59-Across couldn't take in '76
Request from one who's stumped
Clue or cue
Spill a little?
Clue
Tinge
Tinge
Aid for the puzzled
Suggestion
Thing intentionally dropped
Trace
Subtle taste
Subtle help
Request from one who's stumped
Subtle taste
Subtle help
Indicate subtly
Suggestion
Subtle suggestion
Clue
Thing intentionally dropped
Subtle flavor
Comment from over the shoulder, maybe
"This answer ends in a T," e.g.
Crossword-puzzle clue, basically
Soupçon
Thing intentionally dropped
Heloise suggestion
Help for the stumped
Subtle help
Bit of help
Inkling
Small clue
Trace
Help you might drop
Suggest
Subtle flavor
"The first word of the answer to each of the six starred clues describes the number of that clue," e.g.
Intimation
Suggest
Clue
Soupçon
Charades gesture, e.g.
Indirect suggestion
Clue
"Warm" or "cold"
"Getting warmer," e.g.
Help of a kind
Pointer
Help of a kind
Intimate
"Warmer" or "colder"
Words leading to the answer, perhaps
Inkling
Helpful suggestion
Inkling
Inkling
Intimation
Help for the clueless
Thing to drop
Teacher's aid?
Drop a suggestion
Give a clue
Slight amount
Bit of useful info
Inkling
Small trace
Solver's aid
Helpful information
Small clue
Heloise offering
Request from the stumped
Help for the puzzled
Heloise offering
Something that is often dropped, but rarely picked up
Suggestion
Some people can't take one
"Warm" or "cold," e.g.
Solving aid
Solving aid
Helpful pointer
Heloise offering
Something dropped
Help for the stumped
Not say directly
Touch
"It's bigger than a breadbox," for one
Clue
One may be dropped
"Warmer," perhaps
Trace amount
Charades gesture, e.g.
Suggest
Indirect suggestion
Clue
Heloise offering
Subtle bit of help
Trace amount
Trace
Hardly noticeable amount
Tip-off
Whiff
Aid to the stumped
Request from the stumped
Subtle taste
Suggest tactfully
Cue
Allude to
Intimate
Indicate subtly
"Give me a ___"
Indicate subtly
Intimate
"Give me a ___"
Clue
Subtle bit of help
Help for the puzzled
Heloise offering
Indication
Indirect suggestion
Soupcon
Something dropped
Beat around the bush
Vague supposition
Slight indication
"I can take a ___"
Some people can't take one
Give me a ___
Test help
Tip from Heloise
Treasure hunt aid
Pointer
Heloise's offering
Puzzle help
Suggestion
Help for the stumped
Little help
Soup on
Dash as spice
Helpful suggestion
"Warm" or "cold"
Act suggestively
"You're getting warmer," e.g.
Give a clue
Slightest amount
Give a clue
Helpful ___
Helpful tip
Give a clue
Faint trace
Suggestion
Whisper
Baffled person's request, perhaps
Intimate
Word to the wise
Soupcon
Suggest
Slight suggestion
Kibitzer's bit
Slightest amount
Something often dropped
Trace
Tip
Intimation
Intimate
Tinge
Inkling
Indication
Allusion
Help in puzzle-solving
Little bit
Allusion's cousin
Tip-off of a sort
Insinuate
Suggest subtly
Give an inkling
Cue
Tip-off
Give a sign of
Imply
Intimate.
Remote allusion.
Cue.
Faint suggestion.
Suggestion.
Tip.
Intimation.
Allusion.
Indirect allusion.
Slight mention.
Whisper.
Dash.
Covert suggestion.
An indirect allusion.
Slight amount
Covert allusion.
Forewarning.
Inkling.
Clew.
Trace amount
Insinuate.
Solving aid
"Think about bowling" for 33-Down, e.g.
"Give me a ___"
Forewarning
Clue.
Suggest.
Imply.
Slight indication.
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