The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HARD , but the solution may also be TIRING which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in New York Times).
Arduous crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HARD | 26 % | 4 |
| TOILSOME | 26 % | 8 |
| TAXING | 13 % | 6 |
| TIRING | 9 % | 6 |
| GRUELING | 4 % | 8 |
| DRAINING | 4 % | 8 |
| BACKBREAKING | 4 % | 12 |
| NOPICNIC | 4 % | 8 |
| TREK | 4 % | 4 |
| UPHILL | 4 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Arduous
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- laborious
- toilsome
- backbreaking
- labourious
- gruelling
- punishing
- difficult
- effortful
- hard
- straining
- strenuous
- grueling
Crossword Answer definitions
HARD noun- A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
- A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.
- Crack cocaine.
- Hard labor.
- (of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
- (personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
- Unquestionable.
- (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
- (of a male) Sexually aroused.
- Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
- Plosive.
- Unvoiced
- Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized
- Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.
- In a physical form, not digital.
- Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command.
- Far, extreme.
- Of silk: not having had the natural gum boiled off.
- (manner) With much force or effort.
- (manner) With difficulty.
- So as to raise difficulties.
- (manner) Compactly.
- Near, close.
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 HARD
- No picnic
- Unyielding
- Like a Friday crossword
- Ready to get down, in a way
- Posing a challenge
- Nearly unsolvable
- Stony
- Demanding
- Like most themeless puzzles
- 10 on the Mohs scale
More clues leading to the result TOILSOME
More clues leading to the result TAXING
- Burdensome
- Levying levies
- Arduous
- Difficult
- None too easy
- Putting a strain on.
- Demanding.
- Trying
- Onerous
- IRS activity
More clues leading to the result TIRING
- Arduous
- Growing weary
- Getting weary
- Exhaustive
- Exhausting
- Tedious.
- Wearisome
- Becoming boresome
- Like laborious work
- Somewhat weary
More clues leading to the result GRUELING
More clues leading to the result DRAINING
More clues leading to the result BACKBREAKING
- Really difficult, as labor
- Really strenuous
- Physically demanding
- Strenuous
- Arduous
- Physically difficult, as labor
- Onerous
More clues leading to the result NOPICNIC
More clues leading to the result TREK
- Long journey
- Mao's Long March, e.g.
- Migrate
- Pilgrimage
- Arduous journey
- Enterprise voyage
- Enterprise's journey
- Kirk's voyage, for one
- Long difficult trip
- Voyage with Spock