Unintentionally humorous misuse of a word (11) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Unintentionally humorous misuse of a word (11) . 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 11 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is MALAPROPISM.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MALAPROPISM Unintentionally humorous misuse of a word (11) (11)
6% LITERALLY Word frequently misused as an intensifier (9) The Atlantic Jan 9, 2026
6% SENSE __ of humor (5) Commuter Jan 2, 2026
6% PENPORTRAIT Report paint misused? But this is a picture in words (11) The Times Quick Cryptic Dec 25, 2025
6% BILE Word in two of Hippocrates' four humors (4) USA Today Dec 18, 2025
6% COMIC Humorous (5) Eugene Sheffer Nov 26, 2025
5% RIBALD Humorously vulgar (6) The Times Sunday Concise Jan 11, 2026
5% TRASHPANDA Raccoon, humorously (10) New York Times Jan 9, 2026
5% ERMA Humor writer Bombeck (4) Premier Sunday Dec 28, 2025
5% WRY Twisted, as a sense of humor (3)
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