The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FRAIL , but the solution may also be DAINTY which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in Wall Street Journal).
Delicate crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FRAIL | 32 % | 5 |
| DAINTY | 14 % | 6 |
| AIRY | 12 % | 4 |
| LACY | 9 % | 4 |
| FINE | 6 % | 4 |
| SOFT | 6 % | 4 |
| ETHEREAL | 4 % | 8 |
| WISPY | 2 % | 5 |
| FRAGILE | 2 % | 7 |
| NICE | 2 % | 4 |
| TENDER | 2 % | 6 |
| FLOWERLIKE | 1 % | 10 |
| GOSSAMER | 1 % | 8 |
| FILMY | 1 % | 5 |
| LIGHT | 1 % | 5 |
| SLIGHT | 1 % | 6 |
| SPIDERY | 1 % | 7 |
| PASTEL | 1 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Delicate
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- dainty
- tender
- overdelicate
- exquisite
- light-handed
- soft
- fine
- hard
- subtle
- difficult
- skilled
- sensitive
Crossword Answer definitions
FRAIL noun- A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.
- The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail.
- A rush for weaving baskets.
- A girl.
- To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.
- Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish
- Weak; infirm.
- Mentally fragile.
- Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.
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 FRAIL
- By no means robust
- Easily broken
- Aqua-__
- Having delicate health
- Slight of build
- Easily damaged
- Weak
- Physically delicate
- Hardly hale
- Hardly hardy
More clues leading to the result DAINTY
- Delicately charming
- Precious and delicate
- Delectable
- Small and delicate
- Choice, as a morsel
- Fine
- Petite and elegant
- Like porcelain teacups
- Delicate
- Refined
More clues leading to the result AIRY
- Blithe
- Ethereal
- Fancy-free
- Well-ventilated
- Hubert's successor
- Light as a feather
- Like a room without a roof
- Lighthearted
- Ventilated
- Illusory
More clues leading to the result LACY
- Like some negligees
- Full of frills
- Like a doily
- Delicately patterned
- Gossamer
- Like a bertha collar
- Frilly
- Frill-filled
- Like some Victoria's Secret merchandise
- Like some lingerie
More clues leading to the result FINE
- Better than good
- Free from impurity
- All well and good
- Monetary punishment
- Speeder's penalty
- Capital punishment?
- "It's all good"
- Ticket number?
- Excellent
- "Can't complain"
More clues leading to the result SOFT
- Kind of sell or soap
- Pillowy
- Soap or water preceder
- Out of shape
- Easily molded
- Yielding
- Lenient
- Not thug, as a rapper
- Cushy
- Not tough
More clues leading to the result ETHEREAL
- Ghostly
- Up in the air?
- Delicate, as beauty
- Of the heavens
- Heavenly
- Unworldly
- Extremely delicate, as beauty
- Light and delicate
- Light and airy
- Extremely delicate
More clues leading to the result WISPY
- Gossamer
- Indistinct
- Thin and delicate
- Barely discernible
- Thin, as smoke
- Like cirrus clouds
- Delicate
- Like a shred.
- Like some hairdos.
- Slender.
More clues leading to the result FRAGILE
- Requiring special handling
- Crate label
- Tenuous
- Breakable
- Like some egos
- Easily damaged
- Delicate
- See 47-Across
- Delicately formed.
- Easily broken.
More clues leading to the result NICE
- "No more Mr. __ guy!"
- Well-behaved
- Pleasant city on the Riviera
- __-nelly
- Fine and dandy
- Fine!
- Pleasant
- Sweet
- ___ guy syndrome
- "Good shot!"
More clues leading to the result TENDER
- Softhearted
- Presley's "Love Me __"
- Submit
- Sore
- Like filet mignon
- Easily chewed
- It may be legal
- Easily sliced
- Loving
- Soft or gentle
More clues leading to the result FLOWERLIKE
More clues leading to the result GOSSAMER
- Veil material
- Any thin, light fabric
- Thin, light fabric
- Light and filmy
- Delicate fabric
- Filmy fabric
- Filmy cobweb
- Floating cobweb
- Delicate
- Spider's web.
More clues leading to the result FILMY
More clues leading to the result LIGHT
- The Doors' "__ My Fire"
- "The Charge of the _____ Brigade"
- Kindle
- Before "bulb" and after "flash"
- Like nouvelle cuisine
- Photophobe's fear
- What * stands for
- Flash or flood follower
- Word with brigade or bulb
- Gossamer
More clues leading to the result SLIGHT
More clues leading to the result SPIDERY
- Gossamer
- Like an arachnid's web
- Intricate
- Weblike
- Leggy
- Sharply angular
- Long, thin and angular
- Long and thin
- Spindly-limbed
- Delicate