Horton heard one

The answer to “Horton heard one” in the Wall Street Journal crossword is WHO — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Wall Street Journal crossword on July 24, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 58-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Horton heard one” answer

WHO (3 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is WHO.

Why the answer is WHO

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What does WHO mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of WHO is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Horton heard one” appeared?

Wall Street Journal reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

July 24, 2026 (most recent) → WHO. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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