Clues for the word "HOARSE"
We've had 85 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 189 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on March 05, 2026.
Definition of hoarse
- superl. - Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven.
- superl. - Harsh; grating; discordant; -- said of any sound.
Referring Clues
- Like Brando's Godfather
- Raspy
- Scratchy
- Like laryngitis sufferers
- Froggy-throated
- Croaking
- Husky-voiced
- Gravelly
- Vocally challenged
- Throaty
- Rough and harsh, as a voice
- Rough
- Like a cheerleader after a big game, maybe
- Vocally scratchy
- Like cheerleaders after the game, perhaps
- Raspy-sounding
- Husky
- Surprise head of "The Godfather"?
- Rough and husky, as a voice
- Suffering from phonasthenia
- Barely able to talk
- Raspy-voiced
- Surprise head of "The Godfather"?
- Speaking with a grating voice
- Rough-sounding
- Like some voices after shouting
- Raspy-throated
- Like an old yeller?
- Husky, as a voice
- Like a speaker with a 25-Down
- Gruff-sounding
- Like a rough, harsh voice
- Grating, as a voice
- Like Brando's Don Corleone
- Like unmiked orators, maybe
- Having roared too much, say
- How Vito Corleone sounds
- Roughly speaking
- Rough, as a voice
- Like fans after a tough win, probably
- Having a frog in one's throat
- Croaky
- With a scratchy voice
- Like a speaker after a filibuster, perhaps
- Not at full voice?
- Like the voice of someone with a sore throat
- Rough and husky
- Ashore (anag.)
- Like someone with a sore throat
- As if with a sore throat
- (Of a voice) gruff or husky
- Husky (from cold)
- Arab, perhaps, kennelling a husky
- Gruff
- Harsh-sounding
- A shore can be pretty rough
- A king splits tights, rough when he has his say
- Rasping
- Rough stockings worn by Arab
- Barely able to speak
- They say husky's a good draught animal
- Cast ashore? That's rough
- Rough one is carried by out-of-date transport
- Croaky quadruped must swallow one
- Rough sounding area in bay, perhaps
- Husky's GAG?
- Animal sounding husky
- Rough cast ashore
- Scratchy-throated
- Frog-throated
- Rough area in bay, perhaps
- Husky, rough
- Like a filibusterer's voice, perhaps
- Suffering from laryngitis, perhaps
- Like a coach after a rough game, maybe
- Sounding rough
- Raspy, as a voice
- With a strained voice
- K) Like the voice of someone with a sore throat
- Like a voice after too much shouting
- All shouted out, maybe
- Like fervent fans at the Kentucky Derby, punnily enough
- Rough in tone
- Having said too much, perhaps
- Like a voice after karaoke night
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - March 05, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - March 05, 2026
- Daily American - January 26, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 24, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 01, 2026
- Daily Quick - December 13, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 24, 2025
- Your Life Choices - June 15, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - April 03, 2025
- Daily Quick - March 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 27, 2025
- Daily American - January 19, 2025
- USA Today - January 15, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - January 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 16, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 09, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 21, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 04, 2024
- LA Times - October 31, 2024
- Daily American - September 17, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 11, 2024
- Your Life Choices - August 22, 2024
- Mirror Daily - August 17, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 12, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 25, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 11, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - June 06, 2024
- New York Times - May 22, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - May 11, 2024
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