The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SOFT which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2020.
Downy crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SOFT | 55 % | 4 |
| NAPPY | 30 % | 5 |
| FLOSSY | 10 % | 6 |
| PILOSE | 5 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Downy
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- downlike
- puberulent
- sericeous
- hairy
- hirsute
- fluffy
- pubescent
- soft
- flossy
- stupulose
- stalk
- mildew
Crossword Answer definitions
SOFT noun- A soft or foolish person; an idiot.
- Ellipsis of soft tyre (A tyre whose compound is softer than mediums, and harder than supersofts.)
- A soft sound or part of a sound.
- Easily giving way under pressure.
- (of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
- (of a sound) Quiet.
- Gentle.
- Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.
- Gentle in action or motion; easy.
- Weak in character; impressible.
- Requiring little or no effort; easy.
- Not bright or intense.
- Having a slight angle from straight.
- Voiced; sonant.
- Voiceless
- (Slavic languages) palatalized
- Lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy.
- (of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
- Foolish.
- Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non-magnetic when an external magnetic field is removed, a material with a low magnetic coercivity. (compare hard)
- (of a person) Physically or emotionally weak.
- Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.
- (of a man) Effeminate.
- Agreeable to the senses.
- Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.
- (of light) Made up of nonparallel rays, tending to wrap around a subject and produce diffuse shadows.
- Emulated with software; not physically real.
- Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.
- Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.
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 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 NAPPY
- Diaper, in Devon
- Dover diaper
- Fuzzy, like a carpet
- Downy
- Pram occupant's wear
- Pram occupant's diaper
- Covered with fuzz
- Devon diaper
- Downy.
- Flat-bottomed serving dish.
More clues leading to the result FLOSSY
- Slick
- Downy
- Overly decorated
- Overly ornamented
- Soft and smooth
- Overly stylish
- Most stylish: Slang.
- Light; downy.
- Elegant: Slang.
- Relative of "ritzy."