The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ASKEW , but the solution may also be BENT which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Crooked crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ASKEW | 22 % | 5 |
| BENT | 22 % | 4 |
| ALOP | 20 % | 4 |
| AWRY | 16 % | 4 |
| WRY | 6 % | 3 |
| ATILT | 2 % | 5 |
| CORRUPT | 1 % | 7 |
| ASLANT | 1 % | 6 |
| LOPSIDED | 1 % | 8 |
| AGEE | 1 % | 4 |
| SKEW | 1 % | 4 |
| UNLAWFUL | 1 % | 8 |
| ATANANGLE | 1 % | 9 |
| ONTHETAKE | 1 % | 9 |
| SHADY | 1 % | 5 |
| GNARLED | 1 % | 7 |
| BEN | 1 % | 3 |
| IRREGULAR | 1 % | 9 |
| ILLEGIT | 1 % | 7 |
| WARPED | 1 % | 6 |
| CURVED | 1 % | 6 |
| ATASLANT | 1 % | 8 |
| UNEVEN | 1 % | 6 |
Why may BENT be the right solution?
"BENT" can mean crooked or not straight, making it a suitable answer for the clue "Crooked."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Crooked
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bent
- bending
- anfractuous
- twisty
- tortuous
- twisted
- askew
- awry
- winding
- contorted
- writhen
- wry
Crossword Answer definitions
ASKEW adjective- Turned or twisted to one side.
- Untoward, unfavourable.
- Tilted to one side.
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 ASKEW
- Off-center
- Distorted
- Not straight
- Not symmetrical
- Lopsided
- Off plumb
- Tilted
- Out of line
- Out of kilter
- Off balance
More clues leading to the result BENT
More clues leading to the result ALOP
- Crooked
- Leaning
- Listing
- Tilting
- Tilted
- Quaintly crooked
- Cockeyed
- Catawampus
- Out of balance
- Like basset hounds' ears
More clues leading to the result AWRY
- Askew
- Haywire
- Out of kilter
- Twisted
- Crooked
- Off a bit
- Wrong
- Not according to plan, in a bad way
- Out of whack
- Off
More clues leading to the result WRY
- Distorted
- Like some humor
- Dryly humorous
- Tongue-in-cheek
- Sardonic
- Satiric
- Twisted
- Bent or ironic
- Ironically funny
- Twist out of shape
More clues leading to the result ATILT
- Inclined
- Ready to joust
- Like Pisa's tower
- Listing
- Leaning
- With lance in hand
- Lopsided
- Armed with a lance
- On a slant
- Not true, in a way
More clues leading to the result CORRUPT
- Start of a quote by 36A
- Depraved
- Crooked
- Taint
- Stain
- Debase.
- Taking bribes.
- Debase
- Bribable, say
- Lacking integrity
More clues leading to the result ASLANT
- Tilted
- Listing
- At an angle
- Like those with poor grades?
- Not on the level
- Obliquely
- Not straight
- Leaning
- Having some inclination
- Inclined
More clues leading to the result LOPSIDED
- Unevenly balanced
- Awry
- Crooked
- Badly balanced
- Asymmetric
- Unsymmetrical
- Uneven
- Like an amateurish cake
- Out of balance
- Not symmetrical.
More clues leading to the result AGEE
- "A Death in the Family" author
- "A Death in the Family" novelist
- "Night of the Hunter" screenwriter
- "The African Queen" scriptwriter
- "The African Queen" scriptwriter James
- "The Morning Watch" novelist
- 1957 Pulitzer-winner James
- Author of "Hoop Dreams"
- Author of "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men"
- Baseball great
More clues leading to the result SKEW
- Go astray
- Distort
- Manipulate, as data
- Spin, in a way
- Twist
- Move obliquely
- Distort, as data
- Get out of kilter
- Slant
- Depict unfairly
More clues leading to the result UNLAWFUL
More clues leading to the result ATANANGLE
- Slanted
- Diagonally
- Not straight
- Obliquely
- Raked
- Listing
- Tilted
- Crooked
- Not true
- How parking lot lines are often painted
More clues leading to the result ONTHETAKE
- Like a dirty cop, perhaps
- Like a crooked cop, perhaps
- Bribable
- Crooked
- Like one with greasy palms?
- Being bribed
- Accepting bribes
- Corrupt, in a way
More clues leading to the result SHADY
- Disreputable
- Not to be trusted
- Suspicious
- Dubious
- Suspect
- Unsavory
- Like arboreal areas
- Not quite legit
- Not exactly legit
- A bit fishy
More clues leading to the result GNARLED
- Knotty
- Entwined and twisted
- Knotty and twisted
- Knotty, as a tree
- Knotted up
- Twisted
- Like old oak trees
- Misshapen
- Out of shape, in a way
- All knotted up
More clues leading to the result BEN
- Blue or Cross
- Director Stiller
- TV's Matlock
- Writer Hecht
- Big ___
- Hogan or Franklin
- Lomond or Nevis
- "Argo" star Affleck
- Golfer Hogan
- With 26 Across, Scottish peak
More clues leading to the result IRREGULAR
- Closeout-bin item
- Asymmetrical
- Kid working for Sherlock Holmes
- Sale item, maybe
- Outlet store notation
- Nonconforming
- Crooked
- Not perfect, as discounted new clothing
- Out of the ordinary.
- Not conforming.
More clues leading to the result ILLEGIT
More clues leading to the result WARPED
More clues leading to the result CURVED
More clues leading to the result ATASLANT
- Biased
- Obliquely
- Pitched
- Listing
- Like an escalator, and, aptly, like the six-letter word that begins where 40-Across ends
- Sloping
- Not level
- Tilted
- Sloping (hint, hint!)
- Crooked