The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word OLD , but the solution may also be ARCHAIC which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Ancient crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OLD | 40 % | 3 |
| OLDEN | 19 % | 5 |
| AGEOLD | 18 % | 6 |
| HOARY | 5 % | 5 |
| AGED | 4 % | 4 |
| OLDTIME | 2 % | 7 |
| HOAR | 2 % | 4 |
| OLDASMETHUSELAH | 1 % | 15 |
| ASOLDASTHEHILLS | 1 % | 15 |
| PRIMEVAL | 1 % | 8 |
| EARLY | 1 % | 5 |
| OLDASTIME | 1 % | 9 |
| OLDAST | 0 % | 6 |
| IMMEMORIAL | 0 % | 10 |
| OLDASDIRT | 0 % | 9 |
| OMRI | 0 % | 4 |
| OLDASTHEHILLS | 0 % | 13 |
| GRANDEVAL | 0 % | 9 |
| ARCHAIC | 0 % | 7 |
Why may ARCHAIC be the right solution?
The word "ancient" means something that is very old or from a distant past. The word "archaic" also means something that is old-fashioned or no longer in use. Therefore, "archaic" is the right solution because it is a synonym for "ancient."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ancient
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- age-old
- antique
- old
- past
- antiquity
- time-honored
- olden
- old-fashioned
- primeval
- antiquated
- primitive
- aboriginal
Crossword Answer definitions
OLD noun- (with the, invariable plural only) People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
- (in combination) One of a specified age.
- A person older than oneself, especially an adult in relation to a teenager.
- (most often plural) One's parents.
- Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
- Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.
- Having existed or lived for the specified time.
- (heading) Of an earlier time.
- Tiresome after prolonged repetition.
- Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
- A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)
- Excessive, abundant.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result OLD
- Like Methuselah
- Like the hills?
- Passe
- __ Nick (Satan)
- Hardly a spring chicken
- Immemorial
- Like MacDonald
- On in years
- Out of fashion
- Pre-Columbian
More clues leading to the result OLDEN
- "In __ days ..." ("Anything Goes" starter)
- Like days of yore
- Of yore
- Pertaining to yesteryear
- Not recent
- Former
- Bygone
- From times of yore
- Pertaining to the past
- Ancient
More clues leading to the result AGEOLD
- Of long standing
- Steeped in tradition
- Hoary
- Ancient
- Longstanding
- From long ago
- From times of yore
- Going back
- Antique
- From way back when
More clues leading to the result HOARY
- White with age
- Grizzled
- Ancient
- Gray-haired
- Old and gray
- Like the Ancient Mariner
- Frost-covered
- Gray with age
- White with frost
- Grayish white
More clues leading to the result AGED
- Grew old
- Made mellow
- Elderly
- Like a fine Bordeaux
- Long in the tooth
- Prepared, as wine
- Stored the Sauterne
- Grown old
- Got on in years
- Got wiser, perhaps
More clues leading to the result OLDTIME
- Bygone
- Causing nostalgia, perhaps
- Vintage
- From way back when
- Of the past
- Of long standing
- Long established
- Obsolete
- Past
- Characteristic of former days.
More clues leading to the result HOAR
- Frozen dew
- Winter coating
- ___ frost
- Rime
- December coat?
- Grayish-white
- Winter covering
- White frost
- Frost
- White window coating
More clues leading to the result OLDASMETHUSELAH
- Ancient
- 969
- Antediluvian
- Hoary
- Timeworn, as a joke
- Beyond elderly and 969 years old?
- 969 on one's birthday?
More clues leading to the result ASOLDASTHEHILLS
More clues leading to the result PRIMEVAL
- "This is the forest ___"
- Like the earliest life forms
- Ancient
- Like early life forms
- Like the forest in Longfellow's "Evangeline"
- Age-old
- Earliest
- Like Longfellow's forest
- Like Evangeline's forest
- First in time
More clues leading to the result EARLY
- 300-win Wynn
- Before the due date
- Like the worm-catcher?
- 11:00 A.M., for many college students
- Like periods that shorten pregnancy scares
- Jumping the gun
- Before the sun is out
- Like leaks
- At the crack of dawn
- Pioneering
More clues leading to the result OLDASTIME
More clues leading to the result OLDAST
More clues leading to the result IMMEMORIAL
More clues leading to the result OLDASDIRT
More clues leading to the result OMRI
- Katz of "Dallas"
- Father of Ahab
- Early king of Israel
- Biblical king
- Katz of "Eerie, Indiana"
- Actor Katz of "Hocus Pocus"
- Actor Katz
- Katz of "Matinee"
- Ahab's father
- Ancient