The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TOIL , but the solution may also be GRIND which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Drudgery crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TOIL | 44 % | 4 |
| MOIL | 35 % | 4 |
| SWEAT | 5 % | 5 |
| LABOR | 4 % | 5 |
| GRIND | 4 % | 5 |
| WORK | 1 % | 4 |
| SLAVERY | 1 % | 7 |
| TRAVAIL | 1 % | 7 |
| TOILANDMOIL | 1 % | 11 |
| TOILSOVAIN | 1 % | 10 |
| GRINS | 1 % | 5 |
Why may GRIND be the right solution?
"Grind" is a synonym for "drudgery," meaning tedious and repetitive work.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Drudgery
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- plodding
- grind
- donkeywork
- chore
- duty
- travail
- toil
- moil
- divine
- drag
- tedium
- drudge
Crossword Answer definitions
TOIL noun- Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
- Trouble, strife.
- (usually in plural) A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey.
- To labour; work.
- To struggle.
- To work (something); often with out.
- To weary through excessive labour.
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 TOIL
- Work Hard
- Work like a slave
- Apply elbow grease
- Drudgery
- Grind
- Hard work
- Slave away
- Slog
- Exertion
- Pile on the overtime, e.g.
More clues leading to the result MOIL
More clues leading to the result SWEAT
- One of a Churchillian quartet
- "No _____!"
- Hard work, metaphorically
- Tears' kin
- Worry excessively
- Have an anxiety attack
- Eccrine gland output
- Sign of stress
- Woodstock's Blood, __ & Tears
- Diaphoresis
More clues leading to the result LABOR
- Party in England
- Gompers' group
- It has many contractions
- What's gone into before delivering
- Delivery challenge
- Lamaze class subject
- Huff and puff
- United workers
- Proletariat
- Serf's lot
More clues leading to the result GRIND
- Bump partner
- Laborious routine
- Dance all up (on)
- Prepare, as for a slow pour
- Rat race pace
- Workday routine
- Workaday rut
- Work as a miller
- Grate together
- Pulverize
More clues leading to the result WORK
- Succeed
- Do the trick
- "The office"
- Operate properly
- Get the job done
- Productive activity
- Nine-to-five destination
- Toil
- Job
- The end of art?
More clues leading to the result SLAVERY
- "Up From ___," by 15 Across.
- Aïda's lowly state.
- Campaign issue for 1860.
- 1860 issue.
- Condition of servitude.
- It was abolished by Amendment XIII.
- Servitude.
- 19th century campaign issue.
- Bondage.
- Campaign issue of 1860.