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Question when trying to recognize someone

Last seen in Universal Crossword December 13, 2025 Answers

"Question when trying to recognize someone" is a crossword clue we last spotted in the Universal Crossword puzzle on December 13, 2025. We have 196 possible answers in our records from crosswords published across multiple sources. The leading solution is ISTHATYOU with 9 letters and a 99% confidence score, making it the most likely correct answer.

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196 Other Potential Answers

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ISTHATYOU
Question when trying to recognize someone
Universal Crossword · Dec 13, 2025
6%
UTILEUTILE
Helpful draw when trying to play a Q word in Scrabble?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 17, 2026
6%
TESTER
Someone who has a trying job?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 24, 2026
6%
ISPEPSIOKAY
Server's question when there's no Coke
Universal Crossword · Aug 16, 2025
6%
AREYOUMAD
Question to someone who seems angry
Universal Crossword · Jun 20, 2025
3%
WAVEHI
Greet someone from a distance
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 17, 2026
3%
MASTERKEYS
"Learn to recognize the pattern of sharps and flats"?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 3, 2026
3%
ABANDONSHIP
"Everyone in the water!," or when parsed differently, what can be found in each set of circled words
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 26, 2026
3%
PANDA
Bamboo-loving bear, or, when parsed in three parts, a feature of the answers to the starred clues
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 18, 2026
3%
SMOCK
Recommended garment when using glitter glue
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 18, 2026
3%
BLACKJACK
Reply when Mr. Nicholson asks, "How do you like your coffee?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2026
3%
FINEART
Reply when Mr. Garfunkel asks how everyone is doing?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2026
3%
ELECTRICITYBILL
Reply when Mr. Nye asks why there are so many wind turbines?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2026
3%
COOLCAT
Reply when Ms. Deeley mentions her new TV gig?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2026
3%
DITTOMARK
Reply when Mr. Hamill says, "May the Force be with you"?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2026
3%
NOSIREE
"Absolutely out of the question!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 4, 2026
3%
ROMEOROMEO
Juliet's response when her love asks what city is as eternal as their bond?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 17, 2026
3%
DOORSTEP
Dance move performed when entering a room?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 9, 2026
3%
TOUGHIE
Difficult question
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 7, 2026
3%
TAY
Swift, to Swifties, when doubled
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 22, 2026
3%
COULDITBEMAGIC
Trick question?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 14, 2026
3%
ANYVACANCIES
Open question?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 14, 2026
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ISTHATCORRECT
Good question?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 14, 2026
3%
AMIBEINGCLEAR
Gotcha question?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 14, 2026
3%
WHOSINCHARGE
Leading question?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 14, 2026
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AREYOUINAHURRY
Quick question?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 14, 2026
3%
ISTHESTOVEON
Burning question?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 14, 2026
3%
WHERETOSTART
First question?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 14, 2026
3%
POKEDEX
Progress tracker for one trying to "catch 'em all"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 12, 2026
3%
NOON
Time when shadows are shortest
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 30, 2026
3%
NOTMYJOB
"That's someone else's problem," or an apt title for this puzzle
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 29, 2026
3%
HOLDME
Request from someone in need of cuddling
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 28, 2026
3%
BELIE
Call into question
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 9, 2026
3%
DAREDEVIL
Biker trying to miss the bus, perhaps?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 8, 2026
3%
POKERNIGHT
Evening when one hopes to get a good deal, and when one might hear the starts of 18-, 23-, 37-, and 47-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 6, 2026
3%
HOWDOYOULIKE
With 59-Across, rhetorical taunt, or a question answered by the ends of 17-, 23-, and 37-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 5, 2026
3%
GAIN
Choice when the Tide runs out?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 3, 2026
3%
SIDESADDLE
Equestrian style, or, when parsed differently, a three-part instruction for making 19 clues in this puzzle match their answers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 24, 2026
3%
LETSPLAYITBYEAR
"We'll cross that bridge when we get there"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 11, 2026
3%
OLDCHUM
Buddy from way back when
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 9, 2026
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INITIALPHASE
(Letters 6-10 of this answer) testing, when checking software
Universal Crossword · Apr 6, 2026
3%
ASK
Pop the question, say
Universal Crossword · Apr 6, 2026
3%
SHOUT
Holler, or when parsed differently, an alternate title for this puzzle
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 5, 2026
3%
BEE
One goes "zzub" when flying backward, in a joke
Universal Crossword · Apr 1, 2026
3%
OUGHT
"Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ___ to have it." (Langston Hughes)
Universal Crossword · Mar 30, 2026
3%
BADVIBES
They might make someone leave a party early
Universal Crossword · Mar 28, 2026
3%
MEANDWHO
Instagram caption from someone who wants a boyfriend to do cute stuff with
Universal Crossword · Mar 22, 2026
3%
AREWEON
Confirmation question
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 21, 2026
3%
CARSTEREOS
What people connect their phones to when they're "on aux"
Universal Crossword · Mar 17, 2026
3%
ITSAMETHING
"I'm quirky like that," or, when parsed differently, what can be said of 17-, 30-, and 48-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 16, 2026
3%
SLUR
Miss a few letters when speaking
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 15, 2026
3%
SNOW
Flakes when it's cold outside
Universal Crossword · Mar 12, 2026
3%
MISSPEAK
Reply "You, too" when wished "Happy Birthday," probably
Universal Crossword · Mar 9, 2026
3%
COYLY
How someone might flirt
Universal Crossword · Mar 8, 2026
3%
RATE
"How would you ___ your purchase?" (question in countless email surveys)
Universal Crossword · Mar 2, 2026
3%
SKIRTTHEISSUE
*Gently sidestep an awkward question
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 2, 2026
3%
NOIDEA
"Ask someone else"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 27, 2026
3%
WHATSSHAKIN
"How goes it?," or a question that could be answered by 17-, 25-, 36-, and 53-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 24, 2026
3%
MADAME
Nice thing to call someone?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 21, 2026
3%
COMEOUTEVENING
Night when one leaves the closet?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 13, 2026
3%
DOCTORWHO
Longtime British sci-fi show, or a question answered by the end of 16-, 25- or 45-Across
Universal Crossword · Feb 6, 2026
3%
CAMERAREADY
Like someone who knows their angles
Universal Crossword · Feb 1, 2026
3%
HEARMEOUT
"Just listen to what I have to say," and a hint to a sound you must ignore when reading each starred clue's answer
Universal Crossword · Jan 30, 2026
3%
KNEES
Joints used when cycling
Universal Crossword · Jan 29, 2026
3%
HAVEANICELIFE
Remark to someone you won't see again
Universal Crossword · Jan 24, 2026
3%
BEGFORMERCY
Implore someone to go easy on you
Universal Crossword · Jan 24, 2026
3%
THREEINAROBE
Trio trying to sneak past the guard at a sauna?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 23, 2026
3%
VDAY
Time to give someone a 41-Down, in brief
Universal Crossword · Jan 22, 2026
3%
ELSE
Word after "who," "when," "where," "what" or "why"
Universal Crossword · Jan 20, 2026
3%
IMFAMOUS
Comment from someone who went viral
Universal Crossword · Jan 11, 2026
3%
ORDEREDIN
Let someone else do the cooking
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 10, 2026
3%
APR
Mo. when CPAs work overtime
Universal Crossword · Jan 5, 2026
3%
IMONHOLD
Comment from someone listening to elevator music, perhaps
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 2, 2026
3%
ASKED
Popped the question
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 28, 2025
3%
SLEEPERCAR
Where you might move when you retire?
Universal Crossword · Dec 27, 2025
3%
PEDAL
Cry to someone learning to ride a bike
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 22, 2025
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IKNOWAGUY
"There's someone who can help ..."
Universal Crossword · Dec 14, 2025
3%
ASKS
Poses, as a question
Universal Crossword · Dec 13, 2025
3%
EMPTYNEST
What's left when kids go to college
Universal Crossword · Dec 11, 2025
3%
TAKEABREAK
Advice for someone working around the clock
Universal Crossword · Dec 7, 2025
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IHATETOASK
"Sorry for this question ..."
Universal Crossword · Dec 6, 2025
3%
ORISIT
Doubt-raising question, and a hint to the transformation applied to each starred clue's answer
Universal Crossword · Dec 5, 2025
3%
WHEN
A question of time
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 30, 2025
3%
CONVERSIONFACTOR
Consideration when switching religions?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 23, 2025
3%
DOSA
Pancake that becomes a drink when its first and third letters are switched
Universal Crossword · Nov 20, 2025
3%
ETA
Best guess as to when, initially
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 19, 2025
3%
WHATABURGER
Texas-based fast-food chain ... or what one may exclaim when the ends of 16-, 24-, 39- and 48-Across are assembled
Universal Crossword · Nov 18, 2025
3%
ISITI
Last Supper question from Judas
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 10, 2025
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YESNO
Binary type of question
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 10, 2025
3%
ANIL
Name that becomes a world capital when bookended by "M" and "A"
Universal Crossword · Nov 9, 2025
3%
MAKEAWISH
Advice to someone who's about to blow?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 8, 2025
3%
GETAROOM
Comment when things are heating up
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 8, 2025
3%
OVENMITT
Protection when things are heating up
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 8, 2025
3%
SWAMI
Hindu title that becomes a sentence when its last letter is made first
Universal Crossword · Nov 6, 2025
3%
HER
"She's trying ___ best"
Universal Crossword · Nov 3, 2025
3%
VILLAINERA
Phase when one stops being a pushover
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 1, 2025
3%
ARTIE
Apt name for someone who loves galleries?
Universal Crossword · Oct 26, 2025
3%
INTERESTED
Like someone whose curiosity is piqued
Universal Crossword · Oct 24, 2025
3%
ONTHEDLBOT
AI trying to blend in with society?
Universal Crossword · Oct 23, 2025
3%
TRANS
Like someone represented by a pink, blue and white flag
Universal Crossword · Oct 21, 2025
3%
BOOP
Silly sound made when touching a dog's nose
Universal Crossword · Oct 20, 2025
3%
TASTE
Have a trying experience?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 15, 2025
3%
AHA
Cry when something clicks
Universal Crossword · Oct 11, 2025
3%
ICOULDEAT
Claim from someone who's not not hungry
Universal Crossword · Oct 5, 2025
3%
AMAZED
Like someone whose mind is blown
Universal Crossword · Oct 3, 2025
3%
PASSTHEBUCK
Shift responsibility to someone else, and an apt title for this puzzle
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 1, 2025
3%
YOUNG
Like someone described as "fresh-faced," maybe
Universal Crossword · Sep 25, 2025
3%
TATTED
Like someone with sleeves of body art
Universal Crossword · Sep 22, 2025
3%
NOSERVICE
What someone without shoes or a shirt can expect
Universal Crossword · Sep 20, 2025
3%
WONTON
Chinese dumpling that's best when crispy, in my opinion
Universal Crossword · Sep 14, 2025
3%
OMAR
Name that becomes a tomato type when its last letter is moved to the front
Universal Crossword · Sep 12, 2025
3%
ENERO
Month when it's not chilly in Chile
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 12, 2025
3%
ASEXUAL
Like someone uninterested in getting physical, say
Universal Crossword · Sep 10, 2025
3%
WELCOMESILVERBACK
*Primate habitat banner when the zoo acquires a new gorilla?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 7, 2025
3%
BRAT
One who's really trying?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 7, 2025
3%
PUSHY
Always trying to get one's way
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 4, 2025
3%
AHEADOF
Leading, or, when parsed differently, what can lead into the starts of the answers to the starred clues
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 3, 2025
3%
OLD
"I was today years __ when ... "
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 26, 2025
3%
DONTMAKEASCENE
Exhortation to someone building up to a tantrum
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 25, 2025
3%
PERMISSIONSLIP
Paperwork to let someone go
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 23, 2025
3%
SWIPESLEFT
Rejects someone on Tinder (... first three letters + the last two)
Universal Crossword · Aug 21, 2025
3%
COLORBLIND
Like someone who would understand the starred clues' answers with ease?
Universal Crossword · Aug 19, 2025
3%
KNITWORTHY
Like someone who'll proudly wear a friend's handmade hat
Universal Crossword · Aug 16, 2025
3%
SUFFIX
Less, when added?
Universal Crossword · Aug 11, 2025
3%
TABLEFORONE
Request when dining solo
Universal Crossword · Aug 3, 2025
3%
TEXT
"___ me when you get home!"
Universal Crossword · Aug 3, 2025
3%
ROOM
"Did you ever have someone kiss you in a crowded ___?" (Taylor Swift lyric)
Universal Crossword · Aug 3, 2025
3%
ISITME
Introspective question
Universal Crossword · Aug 1, 2025
3%
THATSHALF
With 42-Across, encouraging words to someone making a good effort, and an apt description of this puzzle's circled letters
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 1, 2025
3%
TIMER
One may buzz when it hits 0
Universal Crossword · Jul 31, 2025
3%
AGE
19, for Adele, when her album "19" came out
Universal Crossword · Jul 28, 2025
3%
FIRSTIMPRESSION
Opinion formed when shaking hands, perhaps
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 21, 2025
3%
PITYPARTY
"Gathering" for someone seeking sympathy
Universal Crossword · Jul 20, 2025
3%
UVINDEX
You might apply extra sunscreen when it's high
Universal Crossword · Jul 13, 2025
3%
LAPS
They disappear when people stand
Universal Crossword · Jul 12, 2025
3%
CHARGE
What electric cars do when plugged in
Universal Crossword · Jul 12, 2025
3%
TOUCHGRASS
Exhortation to someone who spends a lot of time online
Universal Crossword · Jul 6, 2025
3%
EOCENE
Epoch when mammals arose
Universal Crossword · Jul 2, 2025
3%
SKIPASS
Ticket for someone who needs a lift?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 29, 2025
3%
WHOSLAUGHINGNOW
Smug question after a prank backfires
Universal Crossword · Jun 28, 2025
3%
AREWEALONE
"Is someone else here?"
Universal Crossword · Jun 26, 2025
3%
ONSTANDBY
Ready when needed
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 24, 2025
3%
AMY
Name that becomes a month when its first two letters are swapped
Universal Crossword · Jun 21, 2025
3%
SHES
"___ trying her best!"
Universal Crossword · Jun 20, 2025
3%
ELECT
Word that becomes a synonym when "s" is added to the front
Universal Crossword · Jun 15, 2025
3%
WHY
Child's frequent question
Universal Crossword · Jun 15, 2025
3%
TONI
Morrison who said, "The function of freedom is to free someone else"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 12, 2025
3%
WHATMAKESYOUTICKET
Existential question to a parking enforcer?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 8, 2025
3%
LIAR
Exclamation from someone refusing to buy something
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 7, 2025
3%
LBOMB
Word dropped when things are getting serious, informally
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 1, 2025
3%
THE
Pop ___ question
Universal Crossword · May 30, 2025
3%
GOESONADATE
Takes someone out
Universal Crossword · May 29, 2025
3%
SWOOSH
"The sound of someone going past you," per Nike's founder
Universal Crossword · May 28, 2025
3%
MISPLAYED
Made a wrong move, say ... or when parsed differently, a hint to the starred clues' answers
Universal Crossword · May 27, 2025
3%
CTRLS
PC shortcut employed when creating a draft
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 22, 2025
3%
EXTREMELYONLINE
Like someone who spends too much time on the internet, and like this puzzle's circled letters?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 13, 2025
3%
LADTOSEEYOU
Intercom message when a young boy arrives at the office?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 11, 2025
3%
BLINDSPOT
Driver's concern when merging
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 6, 2025
3%
RAILPASS
*Purchase when planning a train tour
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 28, 2025
3%
MATE
Word you don't want to hear when playing chess
Universal Crossword · Apr 27, 2025
3%
GRATER
Gadget that a waiter may use until you say "when"
Universal Crossword · Apr 26, 2025
3%
NEEDIASK
Question about a question
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 26, 2025
3%
CHOKE
Fail when it matters most
Universal Crossword · Apr 24, 2025
3%
GETITOFF
Squeal when a bug lands in one's hair
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 24, 2025
3%
TENSESUP
Stiffens ... or, when parsed differently, what the answers to the starred clues collectively have?
Universal Crossword · Apr 17, 2025
3%
ONCE
Way back when
Universal Crossword · Apr 14, 2025
3%
SLAMDANCE
Bump into someone at the club?
Universal Crossword · Apr 5, 2025
3%
JOINHANDS
Instruction before a group prayer, or, when parsed differently, an apt description of what 18-, 24-, 51-, and 59-Across do
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 3, 2025
3%
JUSTBROWSING
"Only window shopping," and what one might say when using the starts of 20-, 31-, and 46-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 31, 2025
3%
RATIO
Consideration when halving or doubling a recipe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 28, 2025
3%
NOSOAP
"Out of the question"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 25, 2025
3%
NOTGUILTY
Like someone who was rightfully acquitted
Universal Crossword · Mar 23, 2025
3%
QANDA
Time when audiences are engaged, briefly
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 22, 2025
3%
ILLBEHERE
"Come find me when you're ready"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 20, 2025
3%
THERESNOIINTEAM
"Think of the other players when you're on the field!"
Universal Crossword · Mar 18, 2025
3%
EREMATTRESSES
Time when everyone woke up achy and sore?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 14, 2025
3%
IMTOAST
Lament from someone in big trouble
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 13, 2025
3%
ILLTAKEONE
Possible response when offered a breath mint
Universal Crossword · Mar 9, 2025
1%
TRUST
Believe without questioning
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 14, 2026
1%
PRIED
Asked too many questions, say
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 3, 2026
1%
DREAMARGUMENT
Cartesian concept that questions the reality of waking life
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 2, 2026
1%
LOADED
Like some questions
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 31, 2026
1%
FIB
Lie to spare someone's feelings, perhaps
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 22, 2026
1%
INMYDEFENSE
Start of a justification for questionable behavior
Universal Crossword · Mar 21, 2026
1%
PRY
Ask intrusive questions
Universal Crossword · Mar 20, 2026
1%
ANY
"__ questions?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 19, 2026
1%
POSERS
Puzzling questions
Universal Crossword · Dec 7, 2025
1%
ICONIC
Widely recognized
Universal Crossword · Sep 18, 2025
1%
TREBEK
Host who fielded many, many questions
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 6, 2025
1%
TRIP
Step on someone's toes, perhaps
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 8, 2025
1%
SATS
HS exams with many multiple-choice questions
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 25, 2025
1%
ASKREDDIT
Internet forum for posting questions
Universal Crossword · Jun 19, 2025
1%
COLORSCHEME
Devious ploy to swipe someone's crayons?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 10, 2025
1%
FISHINGFORUMANSWERS
Responses to questions at an anglers' conference?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 30, 2025
1%
YEHUD
Violinist recognized at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1986
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 21, 2025
1%
WEIR
Director Peter recognized with an Academy Honorary Award in 2023
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 14, 2025

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many possible solutions does "Question when trying to recognize someone" have?
We found 1 exact solution and 196 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is ISTHATYOU (9 letters).
What is the best answer for "Question when trying to recognize someone"?
The best answer for "Question when trying to recognize someone" is ISTHATYOU with 9 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
Where has "Question when trying to recognize someone" been used as a crossword clue?
This clue has appeared 1 time in our database. It has been featured in Universal Crossword. It was last seen in the Universal Crossword on December 13, 2025.
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