The type of consonant ending “buzz”, “hiss” and “puff” Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue The type of consonant ending “buzz”, “hiss” and “puff” last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is FRICATIVE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% FRICATIVE The type of consonant ending “buzz”, “hiss” and “puff” (9) The Times Specialist Sunday Jan 14, 2018
5% GOSSIP Buzz (6) LA Times Daily Dec 6, 2025
4% VAPE Puff piece? (4) New York Times Dec 14, 2025
4% TEASE Provide a buzz cut, maybe? (5) The Atlantic Dec 12, 2025
4% IMAGINEDRAGONS Puff … Komodo … Smaug … (14) New York Times Dec 11, 2025
4% THETA Consonant used in the Greek spelling of "Athena" (5) USA Today Dec 6, 2025
4% APIARIES Places that get plenty of buzz? (8) Wall Street Journal Dec 6, 2025
4% HIGH Buzzed, in a way (4) New York Times Dec 4, 2025
4% PRSTUNTS Antics staged to generate buzz (8) USA Today Dec 3, 2025
4% BLOW Huff and puff (4) Newsday Nov 30, 2025

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