The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LEWD , but the solution may also be RIBALD which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Bawdy crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LEWD | 47 % | 4 |
| RIBALD | 19 % | 6 |
| OBSCENE | 9 % | 7 |
| OFFCOLOR | 9 % | 8 |
| SALACIOUS | 3 % | 9 |
| BLUE | 3 % | 4 |
| SALTY | 3 % | 5 |
| RACY | 3 % | 4 |
| WANTON | 3 % | 6 |
Why may RIBALD be the right solution?
The word "bawdy" means humorously indecent or containing coarse jokes. "Ribald" is a synonym for bawdy, meaning vulgar or indecent in speech or language. Therefore, "ribald" is the correct answer to the clue "bawdy."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bawdy
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ribald
- bawdry
- dirty
- off-color
- risque
- raunchy
- lewd
- lascivious
- saucy
- raucous
- vulgar
- irreverent
Crossword Answer definitions
LEWD verb- To get high on quaalude.
- To express lust; to behave in a lewd manner.
- Lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.
- Lay; not clerical.
- Uneducated.
- Vulgar, common; typical of the lower orders.
- Base, vile, reprehensible.
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 LEWD
- Raunchy
- Downright blue
- Crudely sexual
- Lascivious
- Salacious
- Vulgar
- Beyond suggestive
- Licentious
- Indecent
- Well beyond risqué
More clues leading to the result RIBALD
- Coarse, as humor
- Humorously bawdy
- Blue
- Coarsely irreverent
- Crude or bawdy
- Bawdy
- Crudely comical
- Like Playboy cartoons
- Spicy
- Vulgar in speech
More clues leading to the result OBSCENE
- R-rated
- Bluer than blue
- Indecent
- More than off-color
- Outrageous
- Repulsive
- Like a banned book, perhaps
- Bleepworthy
- Lewd
- Abominable
More clues leading to the result OFFCOLOR
- Risque
- Bawdy
- Risqué ... and what each answer to a starred clue contains?
- Not proper
- Less than proper
- Risqué.
- Below standard.
- Racy
- Dubious or risqué
- Spicy
More clues leading to the result SALACIOUS
More clues leading to the result BLUE
- "Am I __"
- A primary color
- Dejected
- Like Carl Perkins's suede shoes
- Sad
- Babe's color
- Depressed
- Down in the dumps
- Down
- Like Smurfs
More clues leading to the result SALTY
- Like most bar munchies
- Like the ocean
- Like some snacks
- Like pretzels
- Brackish
- Full of four-letter words
- Like tears
- Ribald
- Coarse, as a joke
- Like many pretzels
More clues leading to the result RACY
- A bit off-color
- Off-color
- Risque
- Somewhat indelicate
- With some extra sauce
- A bit daring
- Suggestive
- A bit indelicate
- A bit blue
- Not for prudes