LOL

LOL is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for LOL in NYT Crossword from 1994.

This "LOL" answer was first appeared in "7 Mar 1998" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Response to a joke on-line". It was authored by Rich Norris / Will Shortz. Recently, the "LOL" answer has been used for "19 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "“Hilarious!,” in a text". It was authored by Seth Weitberg. "LOL" appeared 117 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "LOL" word.

Date Grid Clue Author
19 Dec 2023 31D “Hilarious!,” in a text Seth Weitberg
10 Sep 2023 1A Chat chuckle Adam Wagner
24 Jul 2023 20A “That’s hilarious!,” in a text John Ewbank
2 Jul 2023 70D Online initialism rarely meant literally Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa
28 Jun 2023 60D Reaction to a funny GIF Matt Fuchs and Victor Sloan
26 May 2023 19A [Cracking up] Hemant Mehta
24 May 2023 4D “Haha” Kavin Pawittranon and Nijah Morris
28 Apr 2023 11D Text that’s often an exaggeration Malaika Handa and Erik Agard
18 Jan 2023 51A Letters of amusement Lindsay McBride
27 Dec 2022 54D Texter’s chortle Lynn Lempel
8 Oct 2022 24A “Ha ha!” Kyle Dolan
21 Aug 2022 51D Twitter titter Brooke Husic and Will Nediger
14 Jun 2022 25A Not quite ROFL Robert Won
5 Jun 2022 44A The joy of text? Christina Iverson and Katie Hale
30 May 2022 21D “Haha” alternative Alexander Liebeskind
1 May 2022 54D Has online? Brandon Koppy
30 Apr 2022 24A Amused reaction Joe DiPietro
24 Apr 2022 4D Text back and forth? Sam Ezersky / Will Shortz
19 Apr 2022 8D Response to a funny text (that usually isn’t literally true) Olivia Mitra Framke / Will Shortz
23 Jan 2022 80A 🙂 alternative Nancy Stark and Will Nediger / Will Shortz
14 Nov 2021 46A Response to a texted joke Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz / Will Shortz
8 Nov 2021 58D “u r so funny!” Carl Larson / Will Shortz
31 Oct 2021 53A Equivalent of the Face With Tears of Joy emoji Alex Eaton-Salners / Will Shortz
15 Jun 2021 48D Online chuckle Owen Travis / Will Shortz
19 Feb 2021 27A Modern lead-in to speak Amanda Rafkin / Will Shortz
7 Feb 2021 109A “Ha-ha!” Katie Hale and Christina Iverson / Will Shortz
31 Jan 2021 89D Crack up, in textspeak Jim Hilger / Will Shortz
15 Dec 2020 23A “You crack me up,” in a text Adam Vincent / Will Shortz
24 Sep 2020 56A Twitter titter Trenton Charlson / Will Shortz
17 Aug 2020 11D Ha-ha, online Alan Massengill and Andrea Carla Michaels / Will Shortz
28 Jul 2020 30D “OMG, I’m dying!” Ross Trudeau / Will Shortz
10 Jun 2020 48A Texter’s guffaw Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau / Will Shortz
20 Apr 2020 46D Texter’s guffaw Lynn Lempel / Will Shortz
6 Apr 2020 34A “u r 2 funny!” Andrea Carla Michaels and Brian Thomas / Will Shortz
1 Apr 2020 32D “Hahaha” John Ficarra and Patrick Merrell / Will Shortz
19 Mar 2020 24D “That’s funny!,” in a text Wayne Bergman and Gary Otting / Will Shortz
14 Feb 2020 62D Not just a “heh” Daniel Larsen / Will Shortz
14 May 2019 34A “u r 2 funny” Damon Gulczynski / Will Shortz
10 Mar 2019 57D Letters sometimes followed by 😀 Adam Fromm / Will Shortz
31 Dec 2018 24A “That’s so funny,” in a text Brian Thomas / Will Shortz
20 Nov 2018 26A “OMG, 2 funny!” Zhouqin Burnikel / Will Shortz
16 Jul 2018 43D [That was a funny one] Erik Agard / Will Shortz
5 Jul 2018 14A Response to a good meme, maybe Randolph Ross / Will Shortz
26 Jun 2018 41A [U r hilarious] Zhouqin Burnikel / Will Shortz
10 Jun 2018 112A 😀 Ruth Bloomfield Margolin / Will Shortz
29 Jan 2018 41D Response to an online joke Lynn Lempel / Will Shortz
6 Jan 2018 52D Response to a joke, maybe Peter Wentz / Will Shortz
15 Oct 2017 104A It doesn’t mean “lots of love” John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins / Will Shortz
10 Sep 2017 9D “Haha” Brendan Emmett Quigley / Will Shortz
16 May 2017 30D [You crack me up] Bruce Haight / Will Shortz
26 Mar 2017 11A I.M. chuckle Tracy Gray and Jeff Chen / Will Shortz
3 Feb 2017 9D Twitter titter Paolo Pasco / Will Shortz
22 Nov 2016 24D “Haha, u r hilarious” Andrew Zhou / Will Shortz
14 Oct 2016 36A “Ur hilarious!” Natan Last / Will Shortz
10 Sep 2016 61D Common palindromic text Peter Wentz / Will Shortz
5 Aug 2016 63D 😀 alternative Brendan Emmett Quigley / Will Shortz
25 Jul 2016 22D 1-Across, in textspeak Kevin Christian / Will Shortz
5 Jul 2016 21A Email chuckle Jules Markey / Will Shortz
8 Jun 2016 52A Texter’s reaction to a joke Sean Dobbin / Will Shortz
1 Jun 2016 60A E-guffaw Wren Schultz / Will Shortz
8 Feb 2016 63D [That is so funny] Paolo Pasco / Will Shortz
5 Jan 2016 55A Response to an Internet meme, maybe Jim Holland / Will Shortz
28 Nov 2015 4D Palindromic bit of textspeak Ned White / Will Shortz
22 Oct 2015 1A [I crack myself up] Tracy Gray / Will Shortz
17 May 2015 82D “U R so funny” alternative Joe Krozel / Will Shortz
2 May 2015 26D Alternative to 🙂 Barry C. Silk / Will Shortz
28 Mar 2015 57D Modern lead-in to cat David Steinberg / Will Shortz
17 Sep 2014 64D [That cracks me up] Zhouqin Burnikel and Don Gagliardo / Will Shortz
3 Jul 2014 45A [Ha!] Luke Vaughn / Will Shortz
25 Mar 2014 58D Online chuckle David Woolf / Will Shortz
18 Nov 2013 60D Response to an online joke Edgar Fontaine / Will Shortz
6 Apr 2013 35A Quick “ha ha” Michael Wiesenberg / Will Shortz
21 Aug 2012 6D “U crack me up!” Josh Knapp / Will Shortz
21 Feb 2012 1A “OMG ur so funny!” Caleb Madison / Will Shortz
2 Feb 2012 4D Joke follower Stu Ockman / Will Shortz
1 Jan 2012 56A [I’m so funny!] Patrick Berry / Will Shortz
5 Dec 2011 12D Online “ha-ha” Kenneth J. Berniker / Will Shortz
20 Sep 2011 36D Follower of a chat room joke Daniel Raymon / Will Shortz
10 Dec 2010 8D Part of many an AIM chat Elizabeth C. Gorski / Will Shortz
6 Sep 2010 13D Twitter titter Randall J. Hartman / Will Shortz
29 Jul 2010 31D Titter in a tweet Peter A. Collins / Will Shortz
23 Jun 2010 62D “U R funny!” Alex Boisvert / Will Shortz
23 Mar 2010 45D I.M. snicker Kurt Krauss / Will Shortz
7 Mar 2010 58A Online “Ha!” Tony Orbach and Patrick Blindauer / Will Shortz
29 Jan 2010 25D Electronic gag reflex? Doug Peterson / Will Shortz
15 May 2009 42A Response to an e-mailed joke, maybe Xan Vongsathorn / Will Shortz
11 Feb 2009 20A Online chuckle Richard Silvestri / Will Shortz
13 Jan 2009 6D Online guffaw Daniel Kantor and Jay Kaskel / Will Shortz
21 Oct 2008 9D Online chuckle Randall J. Hartman / Will Shortz
14 Sep 2008 87D “OMG, that’s sooo funny!” Jeremy Newton / Will Shortz
25 Jul 2008 55A Text te-hee John Farmer / Will Shortz
17 Jul 2008 48D Ha-ha, nowadays Elizabeth A. Long / Will Shortz
27 Feb 2008 7D “That’s funny!,” in an e-mail Lee Glickstein / Will Shortz
5 Jan 2008 16A Tickled user’s response Paula Gamache / Will Shortz
2 Jan 2008 66D Response to a joke in an I.M. Patrick Blindauer / Will Shortz
25 Dec 2007 32D Chat room chuckle Nancy Salomon / Will Shortz
12 Aug 2007 121D Response to a funny text Cathy Millhauser / Will Shortz
1 Aug 2007 48D Internet chuckle David J. Kahn / Will Shortz
12 Nov 2006 84D Chat room abbr. Patrick Berry / Will Shortz
18 Oct 2006 46A Online chortle John Farmer / Will Shortz
21 Aug 2006 27D Chat room joke response Elayne Cantor / Will Shortz
25 Sep 2005 101D Joke response Matt Skoczen / Will Shortz
24 Jul 2005 9D Cyber-chortle Frank Longo / Will Shortz
15 Jul 2005 55D Modern joke response Brendan Emmett Quigley / Will Shortz
25 Jun 2005 29D Modern indicator of amusement John Underwood / Will Shortz
29 Apr 2005 16A Online “ha-ha” Karen M. Tracey / Will Shortz
24 Mar 2005 58D Chat room abbr. Dan Reichert / Will Shortz
30 Dec 2004 1D Equivalent of “ur 2 funny” Kyle Mahowald / Will Shortz
25 Apr 2004 77A Online guffaw Elizabeth C. Gorski / Will Shortz
24 Jun 2003 59D Chat room chuckle Norma Johnson and Nancy Salomon / Will Shortz
19 Jun 2003 42D “Ha-ha,” online Randolph Ross / Will Shortz
27 May 2001 40A Chatroom chuckle Dana Motley / Will Shortz
27 May 2000 44A Chat room chuckle Robert H. Wolfe / Will Shortz
12 Mar 2000 57A Chat room abbr. Elizabeth C. Gorski / Will Shortz
10 Jan 2000 58D Response to an on-line joke John Greenman / Will Shortz
1 May 1999 26A E-mail guffaw Rich Norris / Will Shortz
7 Mar 1998 42A Response to a joke on-line Rich Norris / Will Shortz

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