The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word INEPT , but the solution may also be CRINGE which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
Awkward crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| INEPT | 39 % | 5 |
| UNGAINLY | 8 % | 8 |
| INAPT | 7 % | 5 |
| UNWIELDY | 5 % | 8 |
| GAWKY | 5 % | 5 |
| STIFF | 5 % | 5 |
| CLUMSY | 5 % | 6 |
| STICKY | 3 % | 6 |
| ILLATEASE | 3 % | 9 |
| MALADROIT | 3 % | 9 |
| GAUCHE | 3 % | 6 |
| CLODDISH | 2 % | 8 |
| UNEASY | 2 % | 6 |
| UNADEPT | 2 % | 7 |
| CRINGE | 2 % | 6 |
| MESSY | 2 % | 5 |
| UNHANDY | 2 % | 7 |
| LEFTHANDED | 2 % | 10 |
| UNAPT | 2 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Awkward
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- strained
- labored
- laboured
- difficult
- cumbersome
- hard
- embarrassing
- ill at ease
- sticky
- bunglesome
- clunky
- gawky
Crossword Answer definitions
INEPT adjective- Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence.
- Unfit; unsuitable.
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 INEPT
- Clumsy
- Like a stumblebum
- Prone to goofs
- All thumbs
- Bumbling
- Just a total fuck-up
- Like a n00b, likely
- Lacking skill
- Awkward
- Butterfingery
More clues leading to the result UNGAINLY
- Awkward
- Bungling
- Bumbling
- Clumsy.
- Awkward.
- Elephantine
- Bunglesome
- Unwieldy
- Unwieldy or awkward
- Clumsy or bunglesome
More clues leading to the result INAPT
- Inappropriate
- Not fitting
- Unsuitable
- Not suitable
- Ill-suited
- Not appropriate
- Ill-chosen
- Hardly appropriate
- Unsuited
- Lacking capacity
More clues leading to the result UNWIELDY
More clues leading to the result GAWKY
- Ungainly
- Lacking grace
- Clumsy
- Lacking gracefulness.
- Awkward.
- Clumsy.
- Awkward
- Gangling
- Nervously awkward
- Unwieldy
More clues leading to the result STIFF
- Unbending
- Body bag contents
- Like a strong drink
- Inflexible
- Harsh, as a penalty
- Starchy
- Leave without paying
- Tip zip
- Far from flexible
- Harsh, as a prison sentence
More clues leading to the result CLUMSY
- All thumbs
- Like a butterfingers
- Hardly coordinated
- Adolescent adjective
- Inept
- Bumbling
- Oafish
- Fumble-fingered
- Maladroit.
- Inept.
More clues leading to the result STICKY
- Mucilaginous
- ___ wicket (tough spot)
- Like some situations
- Like a wet lollipop
- Hard to let go of
- Difficult, as a situation
- Gummy
- Kind of wicket?
- Difficult
- Like licked lollies
More clues leading to the result ILLATEASE
- Embarrassed
- Awkward
- Socially uncomfortable
- Nervous
- On pins and needles
- Anxious
- Uncomfortable
- On edge
- Uptight
- *Antsy
More clues leading to the result MALADROIT
More clues leading to the result GAUCHE
- Tasteless
- Uncouth
- Ill-mannered
- Far from diplomatic
- Tactless
- Lacking tact
- Socially awkward
- Impolitic
- Clumsy, socially
- Graceless
More clues leading to the result CLODDISH
More clues leading to the result UNEASY
- Ill at ease
- Restless
- Not comfortable
- Apprehensive
- Anxious
- On edge
- Nervous
- On pins and needles
- Not relaxed
- Full of misgivings
More clues leading to the result UNADEPT
More clues leading to the result CRINGE
- React to a "Curb Your Enthusiasm" bit, say
- React to a Ricky Gervais bit, perhaps
- Shrink in fear
- [That's a sore subject]
- Recoil
- Draw back
- Behave servilely
- Recoil in fear
- Cower
- Show fear
More clues leading to the result MESSY
- In need of cleaning
- Like Junior's room, perhaps
- Neat? Not!
- Rancorous, as a divorce
- Tough to resolve
- Sloppy
- Not at all neat
- Complicated, as a breakup
- Like some divorces
- Unkempt
More clues leading to the result UNHANDY
More clues leading to the result LEFTHANDED
- Like a southpaw
- Like Babe Ruth or Bill Clinton
- Like some compliments or scissors
- Like some compliments
- Awkward.
- Clumsy.
- Like Gomez or Grove
- Sinistral
- *How Clayton Kershaw pitches