The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TRITE , but the solution may also be WARMEDOVER which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).
Cliched crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TRITE | 40 % | 5 |
| BANAL | 20 % | 5 |
| STALE | 18 % | 5 |
| TIRED | 8 % | 5 |
| OLD | 5 % | 3 |
| OLDHAT | 3 % | 6 |
| OVERDONE | 3 % | 8 |
| WARMEDOVER | 3 % | 10 |
| CORNY | 3 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cliched
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ready-made
- unoriginal
- stale
- cliche
- hackneyed
- trite
- cliches
- cheesy
- formulaic
- corny
- melodramatic
- hokey
Crossword Answer definitions
TRITE adjective- Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.
- So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law.
- A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.
- Trite, a genus of spiders, found in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, of the family Salticidae.
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 TRITE
- Hackneyed
- Unoriginal
- Overdone
- Uninspired
- Like cliches
- Overused
- Like hackneyed writing
- Stale
- Far from fresh
- Worn out by use
More clues leading to the result BANAL
- Corny
- Trite
- Hackneyed
- Unoriginal
- Commonplace
- Extremely hokey
- Not the least bit fresh
- Insipid
- Like an old saw
- Unstimulating
More clues leading to the result STALE
- Like some jokes
- Old hat
- Best bread for stuffing
- Like an old joke
- Old and worn
- Like old bread
- Dried out
- Like jokes that kids enjoy, often
- Tired
- Banal
More clues leading to the result TIRED
More clues leading to the result OLD
- Like Methuselah
- Like the hills?
- Passe
- __ Nick (Satan)
- Hardly a spring chicken
- Immemorial
- Like MacDonald
- On in years
- Out of fashion
- Pre-Columbian
More clues leading to the result OLDHAT
- No longer cool
- Dated
- Been there, done that
- Passe
- Trite
- Commonplace
- No longer interesting
- Nothing new
- Outmoded
- Outdated
More clues leading to the result OVERDONE
- Clichéd
- Trite
- Exaggerated
- Cooked to long
- Carried too far
- Hackneyed
- Cooked really well?
- Like some soap opera plot elements
- Like a medium steak that was ordered rare
- Burnt, maybe