The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PESTS , but the solution may also be YENTAS which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Buttinskies crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
PESTS | 33 % | 5 |
MEDDLERS | 22 % | 8 |
SNOOPS | 11 % | 6 |
BACKSEATDRIVERS | 11 % | 15 |
PRIERS | 11 % | 6 |
YENTAS | 11 % | 6 |
Why may YENTAS be the right solution?
The term "buttinskies" refers to people who meddle or interfere in other people's business. "Yentas" is a Yiddish term commonly used to describe gossipers or busybodies. Both words convey a similar meaning, making "YENTAS" the right solution for the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Buttinskies
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ant
- busybody
- intrude
- intruder
- meddle
- nosed
- nosey
- nosy
- nuisance
- oar
- officious
- pest
Crossword Answer definitions
PESTS noun- A plague, pestilence, epidemic
- Any destructive insect or caterpillar that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.
- An annoying person, a nuisance.
- An animal regarded as a nuisance, destructive, or a parasite, vermin.
- An invasive weed.
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 PESTS
- Ants, at picnics
- Ants, roaches and the like
- Exterminators' quarries
- Gnats and fleas
- They get on your nerves
- They're a bother
- Nuisances
- Annoyances
- Ants and roaches
- Irritants
More clues leading to the result MEDDLERS
More clues leading to the result SNOOPS
- Eavesdrops or pries
- Busybodies
- Pries
- Pokes around
- Nosy people
- Pokes one's nose in
- Eavesdroppers
- Puts one's nose where it doesn't belong
- Nosy Parkers
- Meddlesome sorts
More clues leading to the result BACKSEATDRIVERS
- Unwanted advice-givers
- Buttinskies
- Unwelcome touring companions.
- Uneasy riders
- Auto pests
- Conversation steerers?
- Woods stowed in the rear of a golf cart?
- People who might tell you to stop, but probably shouldn't