For “Smidgen”, we’ve collected options pulled directly from past puzzles. These aren’t assumptions—they’re answers that have already solved the same clue and been accepted by editors.
Possible Answers:
- TAD
- OUNCE
- SKOSH
- IOTA
- TRACE
- BIT
- DASH
- TOAD
- ATAD
- PINCH
- SPECK
- MITE
- DRIB
- DAB
- DROP
- WHIT
- WEEBIT
- MODICUM
Synonyms and Definitions
TAD
- Synonyms: shade
- Definition: a minor variation or level of distinction
OUNCE
- Synonyms: apothecaries ounce, oz., panthera uncia, snow leopard, troy ounce
IOTA
- Synonyms: scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgeon, smidgin, tittle, whit
- Definition: a minuscule or barely noticeable quantity
TRACE
- Synonyms: decipher, delineate, describe, draw, follow, ghost, hint, hound, hunt, line, retrace, shadow, suggestion, tincture, touch, tracing, vestige
- Definition: an amount that is barely noticeable
BIT
- Synonyms: act, bite, burn, chip, flake, fleck, minute, mo, moment, morsel, number, piece, prick, routine, scrap, second, seize with teeth, snatch, spot, sting, turn
- Definition: a minor portion or amount of something
DASH
- Synonyms: bolt, crash, dah, dart, daunt, elan, flair, flash, frighten away, frighten off, hyphen, pall, panache, scare, scare away, scare off, scoot, scud, shoot, smash, sprint, style
TOAD
- Synonyms: anuran, batrachian, frog, salientian, toad frog
PINCH
- Synonyms: abstract, apprehension, arrest, cabbage, catch, collar, crimp, emergency, exigency, filch, hook, jot, lift, mite, nip, nobble, pilfer, purloin, snarf, sneak, soupcon, speck, squeeze, swipe, taking into custody, tinge, top, tweak, tweet, twinge, twitch, vellicate
SPECK
- Synonyms: atom, corpuscle, molecule, mote, particle, pinch, pinpoint
- Definition: an extremely tiny dot
MITE
- Definition: a small yet noticeable quantity
DRIB
- Synonyms: driblet, drop
- Definition: A minor unspecified amount, particularly of a liquid; as stated by Kipling.
DAB
- Synonyms: pat, splash, splatter, swab, swob, tap
DROP
- Synonyms: bead, cast, cast off, cliff, cut down, dangle, degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, dip, discharge, dismiss, drib, dribble, drip, drop cloth, drop curtain, drop down, drop off, drop-off, expend, fall, fell, flatten, free fall, knock off, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pearl, pretermit, put down, send away, send packing, set down, shake off, shed, sink, spend, strike down, swing, throw, throw away, throw off, unload
WHIT
- Synonyms: iota
- Definition: an extremely small or barely noticeable quantity