The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word ASS , but the solution may also be NITWIT which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Dunderhead crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ASS | 29 % | 3 |
| IDIOT | 17 % | 5 |
| OAF | 9 % | 3 |
| DODO | 8 % | 4 |
| MORON | 5 % | 5 |
| SCHMO | 5 % | 5 |
| BOZO | 4 % | 4 |
| DOLT | 4 % | 4 |
| SAP | 3 % | 3 |
| NITWIT | 3 % | 6 |
| TWIT | 2 % | 4 |
| CLOD | 2 % | 4 |
| NUMSKULL | 2 % | 8 |
| DOPE | 2 % | 4 |
| GALOOT | 1 % | 6 |
| FOOL | 1 % | 4 |
| BOOB | 1 % | 4 |
| SIMP | 1 % | 4 |
| HALFWIT | 1 % | 7 |
| DUNCE | 1 % | 5 |
Why may NITWIT be the right solution?
"NITWIT" is a synonym for "dunderhead," meaning a foolish or stupid person. Therefore, "NITWIT" is the correct answer to the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dunderhead
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- blockhead
- loggerhead
- numskull
- knucklehead
- dunce
- lunkhead
- bonehead
- muttonhead
- shithead
- hammerhead
- stupidest
- duncehead
Crossword Answer definitions
ASS 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.
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 ASS
- Balaam's beast
- Balaam's mount
- Beast of burden
- Burdened beast
- Donkey
- Mule's father
- Dolt
- Stubborn one
- Stupid one
- Total idiot
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 OAF
- Clod
- Lout
- No genius
- Bull in a china shop, maybe
- Bumpkin
- Galoot
- Crude dude
- Unlikely ballet dancer
- Muttonhead
- Stumblebum
More clues leading to the result DODO
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 SCHMO
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 DOLT
More clues leading to the result SAP
More clues leading to the result NITWIT
More clues leading to the result TWIT
More clues leading to the result CLOD
More clues leading to the result NUMSKULL
More clues leading to the result DOPE
More clues leading to the result GALOOT
More clues leading to the result FOOL
- Creamy dessert
- Blockhead
- April 1 victim
- "He who hesitates," per Mae West
- Idiot
- Meatball
- One who sits on a whoopee cushion
- Start of an eight-word stepquote
- Hoodwink
- Pull a prank on
More clues leading to the result BOOB
- Dunce
- Ninny
- Numbskull
- Awkward one
- Knocker
- Nursing need
- Side-___ (something that's apparently highly newsworthy to the Huffington Post)
- Side-___ (sight with a loose-fitting top)
- Dumb cluck
- Tube devotee?