The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word INEPT which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Bumbling crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| INEPT | 93 % | 5 |
| HAMHANDED | 3 % | 9 |
| UNGAINLY | 1 % | 8 |
| CLUMSY | 1 % | 6 |
| INEXPERT | 1 % | 8 |
Why may INEPT be the right solution?
The word "inept" means having or showing no skill or ability, which is synonymous with being bumbling or clumsy.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bumbling
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bungling
- butterfingered
- heavy-handed
- maladroit
- ham-fisted
- ham-handed
- left-handed
- handless
- inept
- blundering
- dimwitted
- hapless
Crossword Answer definitions
INEPT adjective- Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence.
- Unfit; unsuitable.
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 INEPT
- Clumsy
- Like a stumblebum
- Prone to goofs
- All thumbs
- Bumbling
- Just a total fuck-up
- Like a n00b, likely
- Lacking skill
- Awkward
- Butterfingery
More clues leading to the result HAMHANDED
More clues leading to the result UNGAINLY
- Awkward
- Bungling
- Bumbling
- Clumsy.
- Awkward.
- Elephantine
- Bunglesome
- Unwieldy
- Unwieldy or awkward
- Clumsy or bunglesome
More clues leading to the result CLUMSY
- All thumbs
- Like a butterfingers
- Hardly coordinated
- Adolescent adjective
- Inept
- Bumbling
- Oafish
- Fumble-fingered
- Maladroit.
- Inept.