The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ARID which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Dry crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ARID | 38 % | 4 |
| SERE | 35 % | 4 |
| SEC | 9 % | 3 |
| THIRSTY | 3 % | 7 |
| WIPE | 2 % | 4 |
| SAHARAN | 2 % | 7 |
| TEETOTALER | 2 % | 10 |
| SOBER | 1 % | 5 |
| UNWET | 1 % | 5 |
| SAPLESS | 1 % | 7 |
| RAINLESS | 1 % | 8 |
| PARCH | 1 % | 5 |
| ATHIRST | 0 % | 7 |
| STALE | 0 % | 5 |
| XERIC | 0 % | 5 |
| DRINKLESS | 0 % | 9 |
| SEAR | 0 % | 4 |
| ASH | 0 % | 3 |
| UNSWEET | 0 % | 7 |
| RUNICECLEANDOCK | 0 % | 15 |
Why may ARID be the right solution?
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dry
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- arid
- bone dry
- desiccated
- parched
- waterless
- plain
- thirsty
- semiarid
- solid
- shrivelled
- baked
- shriveled
Crossword Answer definitions
ARID adjective- Very dry.
- Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.
- Devoid of value.
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 ARID
- Bone-dry
- Dry as a bone
- Like a Saharan RAID?
- Like a dust bowl
- Like the Gobi
- Mojave-like
- Overly dry
- Dehydrated
- Gobi-ish
- Like the Mojave
More clues leading to the result SERE
More clues leading to the result SEC
- "Hold on a ___!"
- "Just a __!"
- "Short" time
- Financial regulatory org.
- Investor-protecting gr.
- Jiff
- Jiffy
- Moment
- Not sweet, winewise
- NYSE reg.
More clues leading to the result THIRSTY
- Parched
- Ready for a drink
- Desirous, in a way
- In need of a drink
- Wanting a drink
- Dry
- Needing hydration
- Needing some water
- Needing water
- Dry.
More clues leading to the result WIPE
- Scene shift, in a movie
- Clean dishes
- Use a floor mat
- __ out (fall off one's surfboard)
- Classic film transition
- Desmudge, as a touchscreen
- Squeegee
- Erase
- Film-edit effect
- Help with the dishes
More clues leading to the result SAHARAN
- Arid
- Hot and arid
- Hot and dry
- Desert-like
- Like a sirocco
- Dry as a desert
- Desertlike
- Far from wet
- Extremely arid
- Like most of Mali
More clues leading to the result TEETOTALER
- Non-drinker
- Abstinent one
- Dry one
- Inventory taker at a golf shop?
- One who won't take a shot?
- One who shuns alcohol
- Nondrinker
- Abstainer, as was G. B. S.
- Dry.
- No follower of 44 Across.
More clues leading to the result SOBER
- Judgelike?
- Like the designated driver
- Serious or solemn
- Clear-headed
- On the wagon
- No longer drinking
- Clean
- Straight
- Not at all giddy
- Not at all tipsy
More clues leading to the result UNWET
More clues leading to the result SAPLESS
- Dry, as a tree
- Dry.
- Characterizing Alfredo in "Traviata."
- Lacking energy.
- Feeble.
- Devoid of juice.
- Without vitality
- Dry
- Like a Mensa convention?
- Dry, as a plant
More clues leading to the result RAINLESS
More clues leading to the result PARCH
- Make very dry
- Shrivel and dry up
- Make dry-throated
- Make dry
- Get really dry
- Dry out
- Make thirsty
- Make very thirsty
- Make overly dry
- Dry up
More clues leading to the result ATHIRST
More clues leading to the result STALE
- Like some jokes
- Old hat
- Best bread for stuffing
- Like an old joke
- Old and worn
- Like old bread
- Dried out
- Like jokes that kids enjoy, often
- Tired
- Banal
More clues leading to the result XERIC
- Fit for growing cacti
- Needing little water
- Deficient in moisture
- Adapted to the desert
- Dry
- Having a dry environment
- Desertlike
- Requiring little water
- Adapted to dry climates
More clues leading to the result DRINKLESS
More clues leading to the result SEAR
- Burn the surface of
- Char
- Scorch
- Scorch, in cooking
- Singe
- Burn
- Really roast
- Char meat
- Affix a brand to
- Burn slightly
More clues leading to the result ASH
- "Louisville Slugger" wood
- Barbecue leftover?
- Bat wood
- Blonde shade
- Campfire fallout
- Elastic furniture wood
- Elastic wood
- Eruption fallout
- Fireplace remnant
- Hardwood