666, to some (4 letters)

{ Answer }

OMEN

{ Related Clues }

Augur
Augury
Foretoken
Indication
Portent
Presage
Sign
Alaskan City
Awaited sign
Sign to heed
Sign for the superstitious
Straw in the wind
Broken mirror, to some
Hint of things to come
"Mene, mene, . . . ," e.g.
Red sky, perhaps
Shooting star, maybe
What a prophet reads
Shakespeare's "temple-haunting martlet" is a good one

{ Tags }

augur, augury, black, cat, clouds, eclipse, eg, harbinger, maybe, omen, peck, portent, presage, say, sign, sky, some, soothsayers, straw, warning, wind

{ Notes }

The answer OMEN is very common and appears about once every 43.0 puzzles.

{ Definition }

OMEN as a noun:

1. (omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy) = a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"

OMAN as a noun:

1. (Oman, Sultanate of Oman, Muscat and Oman) = a strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil

OMEN as a verb:

1. (bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict) = indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"