The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DOPES , but the solution may also be MEATHEADS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Doofuses crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DOPES | 14 % | 5 |
| OAFS | 14 % | 4 |
| CLODS | 14 % | 5 |
| BOZOS | 14 % | 5 |
| MORONS | 7 % | 6 |
| TOMFOOLS | 7 % | 8 |
| DODOS | 7 % | 5 |
| MEATHEADS | 7 % | 9 |
| SCHMOS | 7 % | 6 |
| BOOBS | 7 % | 5 |
Why may MEATHEADS be the right solution?
The term "doofuses" refers to foolish or stupid people. "Meatheads" is a slang term that also means foolish or stupid individuals. Therefore, "meatheads" is the right solution because it is a synonym for "doofuses".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Doofuses
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- nitwit
- dimwit
- half-wit
- bozos
- goofballs
- dolts
- idiots
- morons
- dullards
- dimwitted
- simpletons
- retards
Crossword Answer definitions
DOPES noun- Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- An absorbent material used to hold a liquid.
- Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc.
- Any illicit or narcotic drug that produces euphoria or satisfies an addiction; particularly heroin.
- Information, usually from an inside source, originally in horse racing and other sports.
- (fireams) Ballistic data on previously fired rounds, used to calculate the required hold over a target.
- A stupid person.
- Dessert topping.
- To affect with drugs.
- To treat with dope (lubricant, etc.).
- To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon).
- To use drugs; especially, to use prohibited performance-enhancing drugs in sporting competitions.
- To judge or guess; to predict the result of.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result DOPES
- Blockheads
- Gets laced before lacing up?
- Chowderheads
- Knuckleheads
- Chuckleheads
- Dimwits
- Simpletons
- Ninnies
- Dunderheads
- Geese
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More clues leading to the result DODOS
- Numbskulls
- Dummies
- Airheads
- Birds last seen in 1681
- Not the brightest birds
- Birds no more
- Dimwits
- Dull-witted sorts
- Long-gone birds
- Simpletons