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 |
| SHEEPISH | 1 % | 8 |
| SHEEPFACED | 1 % | 10 |
| REDDWARF | 1 % | 8 |
| SHAMEFACED | 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 SHEEPISH
More clues leading to the result SHEEPFACED
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