The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LAGS , but the solution may also be TARRIES which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in LA Times).
Dawdles crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LAGS | 33 % | 4 |
| LOITERS | 17 % | 7 |
| LOAFS | 17 % | 5 |
| IDLES | 10 % | 5 |
| LINGERS | 3 % | 7 |
| MOSEYSALONG | 3 % | 11 |
| MOONS | 3 % | 5 |
| TARRIES | 3 % | 7 |
| DILLYDALLIES | 3 % | 12 |
| TAKESTIME | 3 % | 9 |
| MOPES | 3 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dawdles
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lag
- linger
- fall behind
- fall back
- loafs
- dithers
- plods
- bides
- ambles
- sputters
- dallies
- trundles
Crossword Answer definitions
LAGS noun- A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
- Delay; latency.
- One sentenced to transportation for a crime.
- A prisoner, a criminal.
- A method of deciding which player shall start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.
- One who lags; that which comes in last.
- The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
- A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.
- A bird, the greylag.
- To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind
- To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material (referring to a time lag effect in thermal transfer)
- To transport as a punishment for crime.
- To cause to lag; to slacken.
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 LAGS
- Is sluggish
- Runs behind
- Brings up the rear
- Dawdles
- Stays behind
- Falls behind
- Holds up
- Time delays
- Doesn't keep up
- Internet connectivity problems
More clues leading to the result LOITERS
- Dillydallies
- Overdoes hanging out
- Goes nowhere
- Lollygags
- Hangs around
- Hangs out
- Hangs about
- Doesn't go
- Saunters.
- Wastes time.
More clues leading to the result LOAFS
- Goldbricks
- Sits around
- Sits on one's duff
- Slacks off
- Gets nothing done
- Does nothing
- Goofs off
- Bums around
- Lallygags
- Wastes time
More clues leading to the result IDLES
- Runs in neutral
- Does nothing
- Has an off day?
- Runs without moving
- Runs for no purpose
- Waits for the action to pick up again
- Takes to the hammock
- Shirks work
- Sits in neutral
- Bums around
More clues leading to the result LINGERS
- Sticks around
- Tarries
- Won't go away
- Hangs around
- Won't go away, as an odor
- Waits.
- Dawdles.
- Stays on
- Hangs back
- Keeps the host up, perhaps
More clues leading to the result MOSEYSALONG
More clues leading to the result MOONS
- Stares absent-mindedly
- Io and Callisto
- Orbiters of orbiters
- Indulges in reverie
- Phobos and Deimos, e.g.
- Stares wistfully into space
- Planet orbiters
- Planetary orbiters
- Satellites
- Jupiter's Io and Callisto