The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MORON which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Dum-dum crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MORON | 30 % | 5 |
| BOZO | 20 % | 4 |
| IDIOT | 10 % | 5 |
| DODO | 10 % | 4 |
| YOYO | 10 % | 4 |
| ASININE | 10 % | 7 |
| KNUCKLEHEAD | 10 % | 11 |
Why may MORON be the right solution?
The term "dum-dum" is often used as a derogatory term for someone who is foolish or stupid. "Moron" is a synonym for this type of person, making it the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dum-dum
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Crossword Answer definitions
MORON noun- A stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
- A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.
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 MORON
- Dumbbell
- Empty head
- Rear view? (or ... dummy)
- Asshat
- Jerk
- Word coined by psychologist H.H. Goddard in 1910
- Egghead's opposite
- Butt of many a joke
- Dim bulb
- Imbecile
More clues leading to the result BOZO
- Larry Harmon creation
- Fool
- Red-haired clown
- TV clown
- Many a politician
- Dummkopf
- Nimrod
- Yahoo
- Dunce
- Clown handle
More clues leading to the result IDIOT
- Dostoyevsky's "The __"
- Dunderhead
- __ savant
- __-proof (easy to operate)
- Bonehead
- Lamebrain
- Mooncalf
- Nincompoop
- Doofus
- Shit-for-brains
More clues leading to the result DODO
More clues leading to the result YOYO
- Inept one
- Dither
- Spinning toy
- Cellist Ma
- Thing on a string
- Spooled toy
- Duncan toy
- Be wildly unstable
- "Rock the cradle" toy
- Duncan product
More clues leading to the result ASININE
- Utterly silly
- Utterly stupid
- Completely idiotic
- Dumber than dumb
- Laughable
- Silly
- Extremely silly
- Ridiculous
- Dopey
- Foolhardy