The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word NOEL , but the solution may also be MILKSOP which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Coward crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NOEL | 59 % | 4 |
| YELLOWBELLY | 10 % | 11 |
| RECREANT | 4 % | 8 |
| DASTARD | 4 % | 7 |
| POLTROON | 4 % | 8 |
| WEAKSISTER | 3 % | 10 |
| SISSY | 3 % | 5 |
| WIMP | 3 % | 4 |
| CRAVEN | 3 % | 6 |
| TURNTAIL | 1 % | 8 |
| FAINTHEART | 1 % | 10 |
| MILKSOP | 1 % | 7 |
| CHICKEN | 1 % | 7 |
| QUITTER | 1 % | 7 |
Why may MILKSOP be the right solution?
MILKSOP is a term for a coward because it refers to someone who is weak or timid, often used as an insult for someone lacking courage.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Coward
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lily-livered
- pusillanimous
- cowardly
- white-livered
- poor-spirited
- craven
- poltroon
- dastardly
- dastard
- caitiff
- timid
- fainthearted
Crossword Answer definitions
NOEL noun- Christmas
- A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the birth of Christ; a Christmas carol.
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 NOEL
- "Blithe Spirit" author Coward
- "The First __"
- Christmas
- Christmas carol
- Coward
- Theatrical Coward
- "Silent Night" e.g.
- "Silent Night", e.g.
- A Coward
- Carol
More clues leading to the result YELLOWBELLY
More clues leading to the result RECREANT
More clues leading to the result DASTARD
- Treacherous type
- Contemptible coward
- Mean, sneaking coward
- Sneaky yellowbelly
- Mean coward
- Sneaky, cowardly sort
- Dirty deed doer
- Sniveling sneak
- Arrant coward.
- Coward.
More clues leading to the result POLTROON
More clues leading to the result WEAKSISTER
More clues leading to the result SISSY
- __ bar (motorcycle part)
- "Badlands" star, ____ Spacek
- Pantywaist
- Portrayer of Carrie and Loretta
- Actress Spacek
- Spacek
- See 99 Across
- Player of Loretta
- Milquetoast
- Fraidy-cat
More clues leading to the result WIMP
- Weakling
- Weak person
- Milquetoast
- Cream puff
- Unlikely bodybuilder
- Sissy
- Namby-pamby
- Spineless sort
- Hardly a he-man
- Timid type
More clues leading to the result CRAVEN
- Cowardly
- Horror director Wes
- See 11-Across
- Very fearful
- Lily-livered
- Yellow
- Timorous
- Coward.
- Well-known actor and playwright.
- Frank ___, famous narrator in Wilder's "Our Town."
More clues leading to the result TURNTAIL
- Run away
- Flee
- Beat a hasty retreat
- Prepare to flee
- Take flight
- Cut out
- Cut and run
- Take to one's heels.
- Coward
- Skedaddle
More clues leading to the result FAINTHEART
- Axiomatic barrier to amatory conquest.
- Coward.
- One lacking in conviction
- Health plan's exclusion for the overly shy?
More clues leading to the result MILKSOP
More clues leading to the result CHICKEN
- Domesticated fowl
- See 9-across
- Cowardly
- Barnyard bird
- Game for daredevils
- Cowardly: G. I. slang.
- Menu item.
- Be a coward, with "out"
- Southern specialty
- Coward