The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word ANI , but the solution may also be LOCO which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Cuckoo crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ANI | 68 % | 3 |
| DAFT | 3 % | 4 |
| GAGA | 3 % | 4 |
| NUTS | 3 % | 4 |
| LOCO | 3 % | 4 |
| INSANE | 2 % | 6 |
| BATS | 2 % | 4 |
| BATTY | 2 % | 5 |
| INANE | 2 % | 5 |
| MAD | 2 % | 3 |
| NUTTY | 2 % | 5 |
| CRAZY | 1 % | 5 |
| NUTCASE | 1 % | 7 |
| SCREWY | 1 % | 6 |
| BONKERS | 1 % | 7 |
| UTTERLYDEMENTED | 1 % | 15 |
| NUTSY | 1 % | 5 |
| NONCOMPOSMENTIS | 1 % | 15 |
| LOONY | 1 % | 5 |
| OFFONESROCKER | 1 % | 13 |
| DIPPY | 1 % | 5 |
| SILLY | 1 % | 5 |
| NUTSO | 1 % | 5 |
| LOON | 1 % | 4 |
Why may LOCO be the right solution?
The word "cuckoo" is often associated with being crazy or insane. "Loco" is a slang term that means crazy or insane, making it a fitting answer for the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cuckoo
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- goose
- jackass
- fathead
- zany
- goof
- ani
- shrike
- bird
- rhododendron
- nuts
- peek-a-boo
- flake
Crossword Answer definitions
ANI noun- A bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family.
- The lower orifice of the alimentary canal, through which feces and flatus are ejected.
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 ANI
- "Wheel Of Fortune" purchase
- Blackbird
- Crossword cuckoo
- Cuckoo
- Folksinger DiFranco
- Violinist Kavafian
- Black cuckoo
- Cuckoo-like bird
- Long tailed blackbird
- Puzzler's bird
More clues leading to the result DAFT
- Off one's rocker
- Loopy
- Wacky
- Balmy
- ___ Punk
- ___ Punk ("Around the World" electronica duo)
- Mad
- Foolish
- A little loopy
- Not all there
More clues leading to the result GAGA
- Completely infatuated
- Infatuated
- Head-over-heels
- Nutty about
- Silly
- "Artpop" musician, casually
- Crib babble
- Smitten
- Moonstruck
- Crazy (for)
More clues leading to the result NUTS
- Enthusiastic
- They may be mixed
- Not playing with a full deck
- "Darn!"
- Batshit
- Cracked
- Phooey
- Long after soup
- Message from McAuliffe
- Chipmunk chow
More clues leading to the result LOCO
- In __ parentis
- Insane
- Weed or motive starter
- Plumb crazy
- Touched
- Batshit
- Off one's trolley
- Crazy, in Texas
- Bats
- Bonkers
More clues leading to the result INSANE
- Mad
- Moonstruck
- Preposterous
- Bonkers
- Non compos mentis
- Cuckoo
- Nuts or bananas
- Cuckoo bananas
- X Gamer's "amazing"
- Beyond daring
More clues leading to the result BATS
- Belfry residents
- Carlsbad Caverns sight
- Flying mammals
- Belfry inhabitants?
- Winks and blinks
- Bonkers
- Cuckoo
- Loony
- Chiropterologist's study
- Cuckoo bananas
More clues leading to the result BATTY
More clues leading to the result INANE
More clues leading to the result MAD
- "__ Dogs and Englishmen"
- Alfred E. Neuman's mag
- Alfred E. Neuman's magazine
- Frenzied
- Like a wet hen
- Magazine since 1952
- Ready for commitment?
- "Cracked" competitor
- "Hatter's" mental state?
- Batty
More clues leading to the result NUTTY
- Cuckoo
- Kooky
- Off one's rocker
- Eccentric
- Bonkers
- Wacky
- Daft
- Screwball
- Like Jerry Lewis's professor
- "The __ Professor"
More clues leading to the result CRAZY
- Bats
- Off one's rocker
- Bananas
- Patsy Cline classic
- Nelson-penned Cline hit
- Mad
- Bonkers
- Patsy Cline hit
- Ready for the rubber room
- Wild (about)
More clues leading to the result NUTCASE
- Screwball
- Crazy person
- One with a screw loose
- Eccentric
- Colorful helmet brand
- Wackaloon
- Loony
- Weirdo
- Cuckoo
- Loon
More clues leading to the result SCREWY
- Madcap
- Behaving bizarrely
- Absurdly impractical
- Ridiculous
- Off one's rocker
- Off the wall
- Cuckoo
- Disconcertingly peculiar
- Nuts
- Eccentric
More clues leading to the result BONKERS
More clues leading to the result UTTERLYDEMENTED
More clues leading to the result NUTSY
More clues leading to the result NONCOMPOSMENTIS
More clues leading to the result LOONY
- Round the bend
- Mad as a hatter
- Wacko
- Bananas
- Canadian clam
- Kook
- Cracked
- Preposterous
- Non compos mentis
- One brick shy of a load
More clues leading to the result OFFONESROCKER
More clues leading to the result DIPPY
- Off-the-wall
- Silly in an endearing way
- Foolish
- Silly
- A bit foolish
- Cuckoo.
- Off one's rocker
- Totally uncool
- Hardly sensible
- Likably silly
More clues leading to the result SILLY
- Muttonheaded
- Inane
- Too frivolous
- Weak-minded
- Dazed
- Nonsensical
- Not remotely serious
- Foolish
- Fatuous
- Bad way to be knocked