The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SMART which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Brainy crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SMART | 71 % | 5 |
| BRIGHT | 6 % | 6 |
| CEREBRAL | 6 % | 8 |
| ENCEPHALIC | 4 % | 10 |
| SMARTASAWHIP | 2 % | 12 |
| CLEVER | 2 % | 6 |
| CRANIAL | 2 % | 7 |
| SHARPASATACK | 2 % | 12 |
| SHARP | 2 % | 5 |
| BRIGHTASABUTTON | 2 % | 15 |
Why may SMART be the right solution?
The word "smart" is commonly used to describe someone who is intelligent or brainy. It is a synonym for clever or quick-witted.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Brainy
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- intelligent
- smart as a whip
- brilliant
- clever
- bright
- smart
- brainiac
- nerdy
- egghead
- erudite
- studious
- precocious
Crossword Answer definitions
SMART verb- To hurt or sting.
- To cause a smart or sting in.
- To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.
- Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
- Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
- (often in combination) Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).
- Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.
- Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.
- Sudden and intense.
- Causing sharp pain; stinging.
- Sharp; keen; poignant.
- (Southern) Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right.
- Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
- Pretentious; showy; spruce.
- Brisk; fresh.
- A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
- Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.
- Smart-money.
- A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.
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 SMART
- 99's husband, on '60s TV
- Kind of cookie
- Sting
- Maxwell ___ (Agent 86)
- Witty
- He was in control
- Stylish
- Chic
- Nattily dressed
- Kind of money
More clues leading to the result BRIGHT
- Smart
- Above average in IQ
- Intelligent
- Not 66 Across
- Quick-witted
- Radiant
- Like the star of Bethlehem
- Auspicious.
- Vivacious.
- Brainy
More clues leading to the result CEREBRAL
- Appealing to those involved in mind games?
- Brainy, intellectual
- Brainy
- Like you, solving this
- Intellectually appealing
- __ cortex: outermost brain tissue
- Highbrow
- Requiring intellect
- Appealing to brainiacs
- Appealing to the intellect
More clues leading to the result ENCEPHALIC
More clues leading to the result SMARTASAWHIP
- Very intelligent
- See 61A
- Hardly half-witted
- Really bright
- Compliment for Marquis de Sade?
- Brainy
- Very bright
- Really brainy
- Sting?
More clues leading to the result CLEVER
More clues leading to the result CRANIAL
- Pertaining to the skull
- Like the auditory and optic nerves, e.g.
- Like the olfactory nerve, e.g.
- Of the skull
- Relating to head cases?
- Of the skull.
- Concerning the skull.
- Heady?
- Brainy?
- Skull-related
More clues leading to the result SHARPASATACK
- See 61A
- Really brainy
- Quick-thinking
- Brainy
- Really stylish
- Very bright
- Extremely intelligent
- Quick-thinking and then some
More clues leading to the result SHARP
- On the dot
- Out of tune
- Off key
- On, as a pitcher
- A little high in music class?
- Like the cutting edge
- Higher than normal
- On the ball
- What # may indicate
- Pitched too high