The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DODOS , but the solution may also be IDIOTS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Dummies crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DODOS | 38 % | 5 |
| DOPES | 10 % | 5 |
| NITWITS | 10 % | 7 |
| STUPES | 10 % | 6 |
| SAPS | 5 % | 4 |
| PINHEADS | 5 % | 8 |
| PEABRAINS | 5 % | 9 |
| BLOCKHEADS | 5 % | 10 |
| DODOES | 5 % | 6 |
| IDIOTS | 5 % | 6 |
| FOOLS | 5 % | 5 |
Why may PINHEADS be the right solution?
The term "dummies" can be used to refer to people who are foolish or lacking intelligence. "Pinheads" is a colloquial term that means the same thing, making it a suitable answer for the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dummies
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bells
- blockheads
- cretins
- dolls
- dorks
- effigies
- fools
- idiots
- jerks
- knuckleheads
- losers
- mannequins
Crossword Answer definitions
DODOS noun- A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
- A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.
- Fried plantain.
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 DODOS
- Numbskulls
- Dummies
- Airheads
- Birds last seen in 1681
- Not the brightest birds
- Birds no more
- Dimwits
- Dull-witted sorts
- Long-gone birds
- Simpletons
More clues leading to the result DOPES
- Blockheads
- Gets laced before lacing up?
- Chowderheads
- Knuckleheads
- Chuckleheads
- Dimwits
- Simpletons
- Ninnies
- Dunderheads
- Geese
More clues leading to the result NITWITS
- Dummies
- Blockheads
- Not the brightest lights in the chandelier
- Lamebrains
- No-brainers?
- Ninnies
- Morons.
- Chumps.
- Dunderheads.
- Scatterbrains.
More clues leading to the result STUPES
More clues leading to the result SAPS
More clues leading to the result PINHEADS
- Tops of sewing fasteners ... and what the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 51-Across can have
- Mindless ones.
- Small minnows
- Stupid people: sl.
- Dummies
More clues leading to the result PEABRAINS
More clues leading to the result BLOCKHEADS
More clues leading to the result DODOES
- Extinct birds
- Birdbrains
- Schlemiels
- Mossbacks
- Réunion group, once
- Old fogies.
- Fuddy-duddies
- Square ones
- Stupid persons
- Former denizens of Mauritius
More clues leading to the result IDIOTS
- 2004 Bosox, to themselves?
- Fools
- Crackbrains
- Twits
- Numskulls
- Imbeciles
- Mental midgets
- Numbskulls
- No-brainers?
- "__ Delight": R. Sherwood play