The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HOBO , but the solution may also be VAGRANT which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
Drifter crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HOBO | 53 % | 4 |
| BOAT | 11 % | 4 |
| VAGRANT | 8 % | 7 |
| NOMAD | 8 % | 5 |
| SNOW | 6 % | 4 |
| ROLLINGSTONE | 3 % | 12 |
| VAGABOND | 3 % | 8 |
| WANDERINGSOUL | 3 % | 13 |
| ROAMER | 3 % | 6 |
| NONGOALORIENTEDPERSON | 3 % | 21 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Drifter
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- vagrant
- vagabond
- hobo
- traveller
- tramp
- traveler
- stray
- beggar
- hustler
- unstable
- passenger
- driver
Crossword Answer definitions
HOBO noun- A wandering homeless person, especially one illegally travelling by rail or a penniless, unemployed bum.
- Any migratory laborer, whether homeless or not.
- A kind of large handbag.
- (perhaps pejorative) To be a hobo, tramp, bum etc.
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 HOBO
- Clown type
- King of the road
- ___ bag (purse style)
- Bindle bearer
- Boxcar rider
- Bum
- He's a bum
- Wandering stewbum
- National ___ Convention (annual Britt, Iowa event)
- Tramp
More clues leading to the result BOAT
- Gravy dish
- Open water-craft
- Gravy container
- Word with dream or gravy
- Bark or punt
- Skiff
- Gravy server
- Gravy holder
- Isle-dweller's transport
- Regatta member
More clues leading to the result VAGRANT
- Wanderer
- Alley sleeper
- Drifter
- Tramp
- Hobo
- Member of the lumpenproletariat
- Wanderer.
- Aimless as the wind.
- Moving at random.
- Endowment for a retired soldier?
More clues leading to the result NOMAD
- He has lots of sour-grapes?
- Permanent-address lacker
- Wanderer
- Desert denizen
- Rolling stone
- Vagabond
- No stay-at-home
- Bedouin, for example
- Desert wanderer
- Gadding forager
More clues leading to the result SNOW
- Deceive, slangily
- Overwhelm
- Winter ground cover
- Winter stuff
- Kind of job
- Television trouble
- Winter fallout
- "Strangers and Brothers" novelist
- Winter sight
- Winter hazard
More clues leading to the result ROLLINGSTONE
- Jann Wenner's magazine
- Sharon moving along?
- Publication since 1967, and a hint to the end of 20-, 36- and 43-Across
- Director Oliver working on pizza dough?
- Magazine debut of 11/67
- Part of Fred and Wilma's car
- Vagrant.
- Vagabond
- Drifter
- First publisher of Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"
More clues leading to the result VAGABOND
- One who wanders
- Leading a carefree life
- Wanderer
- Hobo
- Bum
- Friml's "The ___ King."
- Tramp
- Drifting type
- Wayfarer
- Knight of the road
More clues leading to the result WANDERINGSOUL
More clues leading to the result ROAMER
- One passing through
- He's moving on
- Nomad
- Footloose one
- Drifter
- Gadabout
- Aimless sort
- One with wanderlust
- Vagabond
- Wandering one