The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LEES , but the solution may also be DREGS which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Bottom of the barrel crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LEES | 44 % | 4 |
| WORST | 26 % | 5 |
| DREGS | 24 % | 5 |
| BASEST | 2 % | 6 |
| THIRDRATE | 2 % | 9 |
| PITS | 2 % | 4 |
Why may DREGS be the right solution?
"DREGS" refers to the residue or sediment that settles at the bottom of a container. Therefore, it is an appropriate answer for "Bottom of the barrel".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bottom of the barrel
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- mudsill
- rock bottom
- gutter
- dreg
- lowbrow
- piece of trash
- piece of garbage
- bottom
- piece of junk
- shitheap
- toilet
- bottom hand
Crossword Answer definitions
LEES noun- The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
- A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
- The side of the ship away from the wind.
- A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind (see also leeside); shelter; protection.
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 LEES
- Fermentation dregs
- Gitano competitor
- Sediment
- Wine sediment
- Bottom of the barrel
- Majors and Iacocca
- Marvin and Meriwether
- Spike and Pinky
- Cask dregs
- Popular jeans
More clues leading to the result WORST
- Most evil
- Far from the best
- Most atrocious
- No-star rating
- Bottom-of-the-barrel
- Ranked at the bottom
- Last-place
- Least favorable
- Earning a booby prize
- Bottom
More clues leading to the result DREGS
- Lees
- Leftovers
- Bottom-of-the-barrel stuff
- Hardly the creme de la creme
- Decanter residue
- Wine sediment
- 101-Across stuff
- Least desirable portion
- Wine-barrel sediment
- Wine-bottle residue
More clues leading to the result BASEST
- Most vile
- Most reprehensible, as motives
- Most contemptible
- Meanspirited to the max
- Most immoral
- Most abject
- Lowest of the low
- Superlatively inferior
- Like the lowest common denominator
- Least noble
More clues leading to the result THIRDRATE
- Bottom-of-the-barrel
- Inferior
- Decidedly inferior
- Not good at all
- Hardly the best
- Worse than mediocre.
- Definitely inferior.
- Junky
- Lousy
- Distinctly inferior