The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ASSES , but the solution may also be DIMWITS which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in New York Times).
Dunces crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ASSES | 15 % | 5 |
| DIMWITS | 15 % | 7 |
| OAFS | 15 % | 4 |
| BOZOS | 8 % | 5 |
| DOLTS | 8 % | 5 |
| NINNIES | 8 % | 7 |
| PUMPKINHEADS | 8 % | 12 |
| BOOBS | 8 % | 5 |
| SAPS | 8 % | 4 |
| IDIOTS | 8 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dunces
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- numskull
- knucklehead
- blockhead
- loggerhead
- dunderhead
- lunkhead
- bonehead
- muttonhead
- shithead
- hammerhead
- asses
- dullards
Crossword Answer definitions
ASSES noun- Any of several species of horse-like animals, especially Equus asinus, the domesticated of which are used as beasts of burden.
- A stupid person.
- Buttocks.
- Sex.
- Anus.
- Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.
- Used after an adjective to indicate extremes or excessiveness.
- (metonymy) One's self or person, chiefly their body.
- (unit of weight) A libra.
- Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent 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 ASSES
- Dolts
- Fools
- Beasts of burden
- Ninnies
- Foolish ones
- Onagers
- Dumbbutts
- Thongs show them off
- Promoters try to put them in seats
- They may be shaken, but are rarely stirred, at the bar
More clues leading to the result DIMWITS
More clues leading to the result OAFS
More clues leading to the result BOZOS
More clues leading to the result DOLTS
- Simpletons
- Not exactly Einsteins
- Nitwits
- Lamebrains
- Boneheads
- Fools
- Dunderheads
- Half-wits
- Ignorant fools
- Oafs
More clues leading to the result NINNIES
- Chuckleheads
- Dummkopfs
- Saps
- Simpletons
- Dumb bunnies
- Boneheads
- Dodos
- Dunderheads.
- Intellectual dwarfs.
- Simpletons.