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 LA Times in 2023.
Clumsy crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| INEPT | 56 % | 5 |
| OAFISH | 9 % | 6 |
| MALADROIT | 4 % | 9 |
| ALLTHUMBS | 4 % | 9 |
| HAMFISTED | 3 % | 9 |
| INAPT | 3 % | 5 |
| HEAVYFOOTED | 3 % | 11 |
| INELEGANT | 3 % | 9 |
| GAWKY | 2 % | 5 |
| HEAVYHANDED | 2 % | 11 |
| BUTTERFINGERS | 1 % | 13 |
| INAGILE | 1 % | 7 |
| UNHANDY | 1 % | 7 |
| AUKWARD | 1 % | 7 |
| UNGAINLY | 1 % | 8 |
| ARTLESS | 1 % | 7 |
| BUTTERFINGERED | 1 % | 14 |
| LEFTHANDED | 1 % | 10 |
| UNDEFT | 1 % | 6 |
| ALLTS | 1 % | 5 |
| SKILLLESS | 1 % | 9 |
| UNARTFUL | 1 % | 8 |
| INADEPT | 1 % | 7 |
Why may OAFISH be the right solution?
The word "oafish" is the right solution because it means lacking grace or coordination, which is synonymous with being clumsy.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Clumsy
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- clunky
- ungainly
- gawky
- bunglesome
- bungling
- fumbling
- unwieldy
- cumbersome
- incompetent
- infelicitous
- inept
- unskilled
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 OAFISH
More clues leading to the result MALADROIT
More clues leading to the result ALLTHUMBS
- Bungling
- Hardly handy
- Clumsy ... or what the ends of 17-, 37- and 42-Across are?
- Inept
- Clumsy
- Maladroit
- Klutzy
- Like bunglers
- Accident-prone
More clues leading to the result HAMFISTED
More clues leading to the result INAPT
- Inappropriate
- Not fitting
- Unsuitable
- Not suitable
- Ill-suited
- Not appropriate
- Ill-chosen
- Hardly appropriate
- Unsuited
- Lacking capacity
More clues leading to the result HEAVYFOOTED
More clues leading to the result INELEGANT
- Graceless
- Not refined
- Not at all graceful
- Unpolished.
- Clumsy.
- Crude.
- Deficient in refinement.
- Lacking finesse.
- Graceless.
- Lacking polish
More clues leading to the result GAWKY
- Ungainly
- Lacking grace
- Clumsy
- Lacking gracefulness.
- Awkward.
- Clumsy.
- Awkward
- Gangling
- Nervously awkward
- Unwieldy
More clues leading to the result HEAVYHANDED
More clues leading to the result BUTTERFINGERS
- Curtis Candy product
- Fumbler
- "Klutz"
- Clumsy dropper
- Klutz
- One who keeps dropping things
- Clumsy type
- "Clumsy!"
- Clumsy one.
- "Then we gave him ___"
More clues leading to the result INAGILE
More clues leading to the result UNHANDY
More clues leading to the result AUKWARD
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 ARTLESS
- Naïve
- Lacking guile
- Uncontrived
- Ingenuous
- What the capitalized clues in this puzzle all are
- Not at all deceitful
- Without pretense
- Free from deceit
- Frank
- Not crafty
More clues leading to the result BUTTERFINGERED
More clues leading to the result LEFTHANDED
- Like a southpaw
- Like Babe Ruth or Bill Clinton
- Like some compliments or scissors
- Like some compliments
- Awkward.
- Clumsy.
- Like Gomez or Grove
- Sinistral
- *How Clayton Kershaw pitches