The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word SHY , but the solution may also be TIMID which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in LA Times).
Bashful crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHY | 67 % | 3 |
| COY | 12 % | 3 |
| TIMID | 7 % | 5 |
| DEMURE | 6 % | 6 |
| DIFFIDENT | 2 % | 9 |
| REDDWARF | 1 % | 8 |
| SHAMEFACED | 1 % | 10 |
| SHEEPISH | 1 % | 8 |
| SHEEPFACED | 1 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bashful
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- timid
- blate
- backward
- coy
- shy
- embarrassed
- embarrassing
- shame
- ashamed
- feeble
- hesitant
- half-hearted
Crossword Answer definitions
SHY noun- An act of throwing.
- A place for throwing.
- A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
- In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.
- To avoid due to timidness or caution.
- To jump back in fear.
- To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling
- Easily frightened; timid.
- Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
- Cautious; wary; suspicious.
- Short, insufficient or less than.
- Embarrassed.
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 SHY
- Bashful
- Short
- " ... twice __."
- Not at all outgoing
- Unlikely to mix
- Averse to first moves
- Retiring
- Tending to shrink
- Like a wallflower
- Owing
More clues leading to the result COY
- Affectedly shy
- Quaintly shy
- Playing hard to get
- Playfully innocent
- Demure
- Far from forward
- Shy
- Flirtatiously shy
- Hard to pin down
- Affectedly demure
More clues leading to the result TIMID
- Edgy
- Apprehensive
- Fainthearted
- Intrepid's antithesis
- Chicken
- Diffident
- Mousy
- Hardly heroic
- Easily alarmed
- Unassertive
More clues leading to the result DEMURE
More clues leading to the result DIFFIDENT
More clues leading to the result REDDWARF
- For "___" the student wrote "Bashful"...
- Faint, low-temperature star
- *Common Milky Way star
- Proxima Centauri, for one
- Relatively low-temperature star
- Bashful?
- Proxima Centauri, e.g.
- Barnard's Star, for one