The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word REAR , but the solution may also be ARSE which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Bum crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| REAR | 17 % | 4 |
| HOBO | 15 % | 4 |
| ARSE | 9 % | 4 |
| HEINIE | 9 % | 6 |
| REAREND | 6 % | 7 |
| CADGE | 6 % | 5 |
| NEERDOWELL | 6 % | 10 |
| MOOCH | 6 % | 5 |
| LOUSY | 4 % | 5 |
| NOGOODNIK | 4 % | 9 |
| CABOOSE | 2 % | 7 |
| VAGABOND | 2 % | 8 |
| GOODNIK | 2 % | 7 |
| FREELOAD | 2 % | 8 |
| RUMP | 2 % | 4 |
| BORROW | 2 % | 6 |
| TRAMP | 2 % | 5 |
| NOGOOD | 2 % | 6 |
Why may ARSE be the right solution?
The answer "ARSE" is the right solution for the clue "Bum" because "arse" is a colloquial term for the posterior or buttocks.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bum
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- buns
- butt
- keister
- arse
- puke
- chintzy
- stinker
- punk
- crummy
- lowlife
- rear
- sleazy
Crossword Answer definitions
REAR verb- To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
- (said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.
- To rise up on the hind legs
- (usually with "up") To get angry.
- To rise high above, tower above.
- To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
- To construct by building; to set up
- To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
- To lift and take up.
- To rouse; to strip up.
- To move; stir.
- (of geese) To carve.
- (regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)
- (of eggs) Underdone; nearly raw.
- (of meats) Rare.
- The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; - opposed to front.
- Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
- The buttocks, a creature's bottom
- To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
- To sodomize (perform anal sex)
- Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost
- Early; soon
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 REAR
- Bring up
- Hitchcock's "____ Window"
- Hitchcock's window
- Kind of guard or end
- Last one brings it up
- Rise high in the air
- Backseat
- Duff
- Hindquarters
- Stern
More clues leading to the result HOBO
- Clown type
- King of the road
- ___ bag (purse style)
- Bindle bearer
- Boxcar rider
- Bum
- He's a bum
- Wandering stewbum
- National ___ Convention (annual Britt, Iowa event)
- Tramp
More clues leading to the result ARSE
- Seat in the British Parliament?
- Chelsea buns?
- Cheeky thing, in England?
- Stones' bottom?
- ___ about (waste time, in the U.K.)
- Can, in Canterbury
- Caboose, in London
- Bath bottom?
- Rear in London
- A politician is an ____": Cummings
More clues leading to the result HEINIE
More clues leading to the result REAREND
- Trunk area
- Bum
- Booty
- Cheeks
- Bump into from behind
- Back part
- Bottom
- Behind ... or hit from behind
- Bump from behind
- Hit from behind
More clues leading to the result CADGE
- Get by begging
- Mooch
- Sponge
- Borrow, as a cigarette
- Be a mooch
- Bum off of
- Make like a freeloader
- Sponge from
- Beg
- Freeload
More clues leading to the result NEERDOWELL
- Good-for-nothing
- Worthless sort
- Wastrel (see letters 5 through 9)
- Good-for-nothing.
- Black sheep.
- Relative of a black sheep.
- Scapegrace.
- Cousin of a sad sack.
- Shiftless.
- Black sheep's cousin.
More clues leading to the result MOOCH
- Sponge
- Parasite
- Panhandle
- "Borrow" permanently
- Be a sponge
- Freeload
- Look for a handout
- Sponge (off of)
- Behave like Cab Calloway's "red hot hoochie coocher"?
- Schnorrer
More clues leading to the result LOUSY
- Not worth a darn
- Rife, slangily
- Inferior
- Wretchedly bad
- Rotten or contemptible
- Awful
- Rife, but not in a good way
- Crawling (with)
- Miserable
- Rotten
More clues leading to the result NOGOODNIK
More clues leading to the result CABOOSE
- The end
- Last car
- Last car of a train
- Last car on the track, often
- Brakeman's car
- It brings up the rear
- Car in the back
- Location of the conductor's office, perhaps
- Last to arrive at the station
- Last train car
More clues leading to the result VAGABOND
- One who wanders
- Leading a carefree life
- Wanderer
- Hobo
- Bum
- Friml's "The ___ King."
- Tramp
- Drifting type
- Wayfarer
- Knight of the road
More clues leading to the result GOODNIK
More clues leading to the result FREELOAD
- Mooch regarding ELO is absorbed by trend (8)
- Sponge
- Mooch
- Take advantage of others' generosity
- Get some, but give none
- Bum
- Grub
- Horn in on a party
- Fail to pay the freight
- Sponge off
More clues leading to the result RUMP
- Roast type
- Fanny
- Whoopee-cushion lander
- Roast variety
- Kind of roast
- ___ roast
- Beef cut
- Keister
- Behind
- Hindquarters
More clues leading to the result BORROW
- Take credit
- Patronize a library
- ___ trouble (take unnecessary risks)
- Temporarily obtain
- Deal in money
- Take for a time
- Take out, in a way
- Take out a loan
- Get a mortgage
- Take temporarily
More clues leading to the result TRAMP
- Hobo
- The Little ___ (Chaplin character)
- Chaplin persona
- Disney dog
- Traveling man
- Tread heavily
- "Little" Chaplin role
- Roads scholar?
- Freddie the Freeloader, e.g.
- Lady's companion