The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BLAH , but the solution may also be DRAB which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Dull crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BLAH | 15 % | 4 |
| DRAB | 11 % | 4 |
| VAPID | 5 % | 5 |
| ARID | 5 % | 4 |
| TAME | 4 % | 4 |
| MATTE | 4 % | 5 |
| HOHUM | 4 % | 5 |
| PROSY | 3 % | 5 |
| OBTUSE | 3 % | 6 |
| HUMDRUM | 3 % | 7 |
| DEADEN | 3 % | 6 |
| INERT | 3 % | 5 |
| DAMPEN | 2 % | 6 |
| PROSAIC | 2 % | 7 |
| LACKLUSTER | 2 % | 10 |
| SLOW | 2 % | 4 |
| BANAL | 2 % | 5 |
| UNSHARP | 2 % | 7 |
| STAGNANT | 2 % | 8 |
| INSIPID | 2 % | 7 |
| BORING | 2 % | 6 |
| BLUNT | 2 % | 5 |
| BLAND | 2 % | 5 |
| JEJUNE | 1 % | 6 |
| FADED | 1 % | 5 |
| STODGY | 1 % | 6 |
| LACKLUSTRE | 1 % | 10 |
| DENSE | 1 % | 5 |
| INANIMATE | 1 % | 9 |
| BENUMB | 1 % | 6 |
| STUPID | 1 % | 6 |
| SLOWITTED | 1 % | 9 |
| UNSHARPENED | 1 % | 11 |
| OPAQUE | 1 % | 6 |
| LETHARGIC | 1 % | 9 |
| LOGY | 1 % | 4 |
| LEADY | 1 % | 5 |
| FADE | 1 % | 4 |
| HUMD | 1 % | 4 |
| DIM | 1 % | 3 |
| GREY | 1 % | 4 |
| THICKHEADED | 1 % | 11 |
| DRY | 1 % | 3 |
| DRYASDUST | 1 % | 9 |
| JADED | 1 % | 5 |
| PEDESTRIAN | 1 % | 10 |
| TEDIOUS | 1 % | 7 |
| POKY | 1 % | 4 |
| UNAPT | 1 % | 5 |
| NOFUN | 1 % | 5 |
| UNEVENTFUL | 1 % | 10 |
| MORONIC | 1 % | 7 |
| TIRESOME | 1 % | 8 |
| BLEAR | 1 % | 5 |
| UNLIVELY | 1 % | 8 |
Why may FADE be the right solution?
The word "fade" can mean to become dull or lose brightness, making it a fitting solution for the clue "dull."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dull
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- blunt
- ho-hum
- humdrum
- benumb
- sluggish
- uninteresting
- dumb
- drab
- numb
- lackluster
- lacklustre
- deadening
Crossword Answer definitions
BLAH noun- Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.
- (in plural, the blahs) A general or ambiguous feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, boredom, mild depression, etc.
- To utter idle, meaningless talk.
- Dull; uninteresting; insipid.
- Low in spirit or health; down.
- An expression of mild frustration.
- (When spoken repeatedly, often three times in succession: blah blah blah!) Imitative of idle, meaningless talk; used sometimes in a slightly derogatory manner to mock or downplay another's words, or to show disinterest in a diatribe, rant, instructions, unsolicited advice, parenting, etc. Also used when recalling and retelling another's words, as a substitute for the portions of the speech deemed irrelevant.
- Representing the sound of vomiting.
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 BLAH
- Lacking panache
- Mediocre
- Worthless nonsense
- Bor-r-ring
- Ho-hum
- "Yeah, whatever"
- Dull
- Uninspired
- Humdrum
- Boring
More clues leading to the result DRAB
- Dreary
- Lacking pizazz
- Like khaki
- Lackluster
- Far from colorful
- Blah
- Completely blah
- Dull-looking
- Humdrum
- Not so colorful
More clues leading to the result VAPID
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 TAME
- Like a house pet
- Subdue
- Domesticated
- Unresisting
- Do some circus work
- Docile
- Break
- Unlikely to bite
- Make the wild mild
- G-rated
More clues leading to the result MATTE
- Paint finish
- Photo finish
- Lacking luster
- Lusterless
- Make-up finish
- Flat finish
- Dull finish
- Not glossy
- Lusterless finish
- Dull-surfaced, as paper
More clues leading to the result HOHUM
- Dull
- "Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt"
- Blah
- Lackluster
- Unexciting
- Utterly unremarkable
- Boring
- Run-of-the-mill
- Unstimulating
- So-so
More clues leading to the result PROSY
- Matter-of-fact
- Lacking wit
- Matter-of-fact, as text
- Lacking imagination
- Unpoetic
- Commonplace
- Like plain writing
- Hardly poetic
- Tedious
- Dull and boring
More clues leading to the result OBTUSE
- Dense
- Dull
- Between right and straight
- Dumb as a doorknob
- Slow-witted
- Greater than 90°, as an angle
- Thickheaded
- Slow to learn
- More than 90°, or less than tactful
- Insensitive
More clues leading to the result HUMDRUM
- Dull
- Like Walter Mitty's real life
- Boring
- Dull as dishwater
- Commonplace.
- Monotonous.
- Dull.
- Tedious.
- Dreary
- Prosaic
More clues leading to the result DEADEN
More clues leading to the result INERT
- Like helium
- Like a couch potato
- Like krypton
- Nonreactive
- Languid
- Motionless
- Stagnant
- Immobile
- Like the elements on the far right of the periodic table
- Like helium or argon
More clues leading to the result DAMPEN
More clues leading to the result PROSAIC
- Unimaginative
- Everyday
- Run-of-the-mill
- Matter-of-fact
- Ordinary
- Pedestrian
- Boring
- Humdrum
- Commonplace
- Humdrum.
More clues leading to the result LACKLUSTER
More clues leading to the result SLOW
- Street sign
- Highway warning
- Like molasses
- Snail-like
- __-pitch softball
- Not so fast
- Musically retarded
- Be cautious rounding a corner
- Not busy
- A bit thick
More clues leading to the result BANAL
- Corny
- Trite
- Hackneyed
- Unoriginal
- Commonplace
- Extremely hokey
- Not the least bit fresh
- Insipid
- Like an old saw
- Unstimulating
More clues leading to the result UNSHARP
More clues leading to the result STAGNANT
- Not running
- Not progressing
- Inactive
- Still
- Moribund
- Not running or flowing.
- Dull.
- Lacking in activity, interest, etc.
- Inactive.
- Not flowing.
More clues leading to the result INSIPID
More clues leading to the result BORING
- Ho-hum
- Accruing very little interest?
- Likely to elicit a nod?
- Blah
- Piercing.
- Tiresome.
- Tedious.
- Tedious
- Dull
- Routine
More clues leading to the result BLUNT
- Take the edge off
- Plainspoken
- From the hip
- Painfully frank
- Pulling no punches
- Without an edge
- Not mincing words
- To the point
- Direct
- Inconsiderate
More clues leading to the result BLAND
- Tasteless
- Vapid
- Family name in "Eating Raoul"
- Like plain tofu or vanilla
- Wishy-washy
- Totally vanilla
- Rather tasteless
- Flat-tasting
- Like baby food
- Unseasoned
More clues leading to the result JEJUNE
- Kinda blah
- Insipid
- Childish
- Not exciting
- Not interesting
- Dull and flat.
- Stale, flat, and unprofitable.
- Flat
- Dull
- Naïve
More clues leading to the result FADED
- Washed-out
- Like aged blue jeans
- Like old jeans
- Lost luster
- No longer bright
- Vivid no more
- Not as colorful anymore
- Lost brightness
- Washed out
- Lost color
More clues leading to the result STODGY
- Boring
- Boring and dowdy
- Old-fashioned
- Victorian, in a way
- Victorian in nature
- Tediously commonplace
- Fuddy-duddy
- Unduly formal
- Stick-in-the-mud
- Dull
More clues leading to the result LACKLUSTRE
More clues leading to the result DENSE
- Compact
- Like a pea-soup fog
- No Einstein
- None too swift
- Thick
- Thickheaded
- Tightly packed
- Slow
- Incredibly thick
- Not bright
More clues leading to the result INANIMATE
- Lifeless
- Like sticks and stones
- Like some objects
- Dull.
- Spiritless.
- Spiritless
- Like a rock
- Going nowhere?
- Dead
- Like rocks or clocks, but not a fox or ox
More clues leading to the result BENUMB
- Deaden
- Popular cooking spray
- Render senseless
- Anesthetize
- Remove feeling from
- Deprive of feeling
- Dull
- Desensitize.
- Stupefy
- Daze
More clues leading to the result STUPID
- By no means a rocket scientist
- By no means brilliant
- "Keep it simple, ___!"
- Obtuse
- A few bricks shy of a load
- Part of KISS
- One Fruit Loop shy of a full bowl
- Thick
- Boneheaded
- Bonehead
More clues leading to the result SLOWITTED
More clues leading to the result UNSHARPENED
More clues leading to the result OPAQUE
- Not clear
- Impenetrable, in a way
- Impossible to see through
- Unfathomable
- Not transparent
- Hard to grasp
- Not transparent or translucent
- Hard to understand
- Light-blocking
- Murky
More clues leading to the result LETHARGIC
More clues leading to the result LOGY
- Lethargic
- Lacking energy
- Not fully awake, maybe
- Sluggish
- Lethargic after lunch
- Feeling a bit out of it
- In the dumps
- Feeling sluggish
- Lacking pep
- Hardly energetic
More clues leading to the result LEADY
- Sluggish
- Plumbous.
- Containing a certain metal.
- Resembling a metal.
- Resembling galena.
- Full of plumbum
- Like many old water pipes
- Dull
- Containing plumbum
More clues leading to the result FADE
- Grow dimmer
- Lose color
- Weaken
- Disappear
- Hi-top haircut
- Become indistinct
- Scene ender
- Conclusion to some songs
- Curving golf shot
- Die off toward the end
More clues leading to the result HUMD
More clues leading to the result DIM
- No rocket scientist
- __ bulb (not too bright)
- Not bright
- Shadowy
- Turn the lights down
- __ bulb (stupid person)
- Not so sharp (and the start of a split order of finger food)
- Indistinct
- Vague
- Barely turned on
More clues leading to the result GREY
- Hound hue
- Earl of tea
- Bleak, in London
- Wealthy Christian of pop-porn lit
- "Riders of the Purple Sage" author
- Oscar winner
- Western writer
- Joel of "Cabaret"
- Zane or Lady Jane
- Neutral shade
More clues leading to the result THICKHEADED
More clues leading to the result DRY
- Saharan
- Unbuttered
- Dock or cell
- Unbuttered toast
- Alcohol-free
- Boring
- Not drinking
- Opposite of 41-Down
- Out of ideas
- Teetotaling
More clues leading to the result DRYASDUST
More clues leading to the result JADED
- Weary
- Worn out
- Indifferent
- Filled with ennui
- Blase
- Wearied
- World-weary
- Fatigued, in a way
- Tired of it all
- Lacking enthusiasm, maybe
More clues leading to the result PEDESTRIAN
More clues leading to the result TEDIOUS
- Boring
- Like baby showers, for guys
- No fun to listen to
- Long and tiresome
- Repetitive and boring
- Oh so boring
- Like envelope-stuffing
- Slow-going.
- Creating boredom.
- Promoting ennui.
More clues leading to the result POKY
- Slow
- Slow-paced
- Dawdling
- Slow as molasses
- Far from fleet
- Puttering
- Inclined to dawdle
- Taking one's good old time
- Hoosegow
- Slammer
More clues leading to the result UNAPT
- Out of place
- Inappropriate
- Not likely
- Slow-witted
- Not fitting
- Ill-suited
- Not likely (to)
- Ill-chosen
- Not suitable
- Not appropriate
More clues leading to the result NOFUN
- Bo-o-oring
- Gravely serious
- A drag
- Quite a drag
- Hardly enjoyable
- Like party poopers
- Like a wet blanket
- Far from pleasant
- Like a party pooper
- Party-pooperish
More clues leading to the result UNEVENTFUL
More clues leading to the result MORONIC
- Stupid
- Really dumb
- Brainless
- Feeble
- Just plain dumb
- Dense
- Of twelve-year-old mentality.
- Relative of 45 Across.
- Inane.
- Dull
More clues leading to the result TIRESOME
- Snoozeworthy, as a lecture
- Tedious
- Yawn-inducing
- Dreadfully dull
- Platitudinous
- Ho-hum
- What Felix's attributes can be at times, to Oscar
- Humdrum
- Dull
- Hardly fascinating
More clues leading to the result BLEAR
- Overshadow
- Teary-eyed
- Get tearily dim
- Vision problem
- Hamper, as vision
- Make fuzzy
- Indistinct
- Cloudiness
- Dim
- Make indistinct