The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STINT , but the solution may also be SCRIMP which is one of the most recent solution (2014 in CrossSynergy).
Be miserly crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STINT | 40 % | 5 |
| HOARD | 20 % | 5 |
| SCRIMP | 20 % | 6 |
| SKIMP | 20 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Be miserly
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- stingy
- tight
- greedy
- sordid
- greed
- ged
- grasping
- baffled
- greedily
- snap
- neve
- avarice
Crossword Answer definitions
STINT noun- A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
- Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
- Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
- To stop (an action); cease, desist.
- To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).
- To be sparing or mean.
- To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
- To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent.
- (of mares) To impregnate successfully; to get with foal.
- Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
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 STINT
- Assignment
- Cut corners
- Tour of duty
- Stretch
- Hitch
- Be frugal
- Temp job duration
- Time on the job
- Unbroken work period
- Job shift
More clues leading to the result HOARD
- Act the miser
- Hidden fund
- Act like someone on a disturbing A&E show
- Hog's holdings
- Big stash
- Be a pack rat
- Throw away nothing
- Survivalist's stash
- Secret store
- Secret cache
More clues leading to the result SCRIMP
- Practice frugality
- Stretch a dollar
- Cut back
- Cut back financially
- Economize
- Be frugal
- Pinch pennies
- Be miserly
- Make do
- Live frugally