The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word GRIM , but the solution may also be WINTRY which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Bleak crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GRIM | 26 % | 4 |
| RAW | 24 % | 3 |
| DISMAL | 15 % | 6 |
| DREARY | 12 % | 6 |
| DREAR | 8 % | 5 |
| STARK | 8 % | 5 |
| DESOLATE | 3 % | 8 |
| SUNLESS | 2 % | 7 |
| CHEERLESS | 2 % | 9 |
| WINTRY | 2 % | 6 |
Why may WINTRY be the right solution?
The word "wintry" is the right solution because it is often used to describe a bleak or cold and desolate atmosphere during the winter season.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bleak
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hopeless
- desolate
- black
- stark
- barren
- inhospitable
- bare
- dim
- raw
- cutting
- cold
- sombre
Crossword Answer definitions
GRIM noun- Specter, ghost, haunting spirit
- To make grim; to give a stern or forbidding aspect to.
- Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding
- Rigid and unrelenting
- Ghastly or sinister
- Disgusting; gross
- Anger, wrath.
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 GRIM
- Like the 'Reaper'
- Sinister
- Not at all rosy
- Long-faced
- Like the `Reaper'
- Really dark
- Not looking so good
- Morbid
- Not looking rosy
- Bleak in outlook
More clues leading to the result RAW
- Fish for sushi
- Fresh
- Like sashimi
- Rarer than rare
- Inflamed
- Like some bars
- Like sushi
- Not cooked
- Unrefined
- Wet behind the ears
More clues leading to the result DISMAL
More clues leading to the result DREARY
- Like a rainy day
- Cheerless
- Humdrum
- Lacking in liveliness
- Tedious
- Depressive
- Like a dismal day
- Gloomy
- Dismal
- Not all that bright
More clues leading to the result DREAR
- Dark and gloomy
- Dismal
- Gloomy, in poetry
- Gloomy, in Brit Lit
- Lacking cheer, poetically
- Gloominess
- Dismal, to Donne
- Bleak
- Gloomy, poetically
- Bleak, to Blake
More clues leading to the result STARK
- Bare
- Desolate
- Unvarnished
- Like barren landscapes or unflattering lighting
- With high contrast
- Sharply defined
- Downright
- Undecorated
- ___ raving mad
- ___ naked
More clues leading to the result DESOLATE
- Brokenhearted
- Pretty bleak
- Barren
- Forsaken
- Lonely
- Like ghost towns
- Bleak
- Barren, as a landscape
- Uninhabited
- Descriptive of a ghost town.
More clues leading to the result SUNLESS
- Overcast
- Gloomy
- Like winter in Antarctica
- Quality of a northern exposure.
- Cloudy.
- Dark.
- Bleak.
- Dark
- Like night
- Completely overcast