The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word FAT , but the solution may also be GLUT which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Excess crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FAT | 26 % | 3 |
| GLUT | 18 % | 4 |
| PLETHORA | 16 % | 8 |
| OVERKILL | 11 % | 8 |
| SURPLUS | 5 % | 7 |
| NIMIETY | 5 % | 7 |
| SURFEIT | 3 % | 7 |
| INTEMPERATENESS | 3 % | 15 |
| OVERPLUS | 3 % | 8 |
| SPARE | 3 % | 5 |
| OVERAGE | 3 % | 7 |
| TOOMUCH | 3 % | 7 |
| WASTE | 3 % | 5 |
Why may GLUT be the right solution?
"Excess" is a synonym for "glut," which means an oversupply or surplus of something. In this case, "glut" is the right solution because it directly relates to the clue provided.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Excess
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- surplus
- excessiveness
- extra
- superfluous
- overabundance
- surplusage
- supererogatory
- redundant
- overindulgence
- surfeit
- spare
- inordinateness
Crossword Answer definitions
FAT noun- A specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy.
- A refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat.
- That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
- An erection.
- A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
- The best or richest productions; the best part.
- Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.
- A fat person.
- A beef cattle fattened for sale.
- To make fat; to fatten.
- To become fat; to fatten.
- Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
- Thick.
- Bountiful.
- Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food).
- Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
- Fertile; productive.
- Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
- Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
- Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.
- (originally African American Vernacular English) Excellent; cool; very good.
- Sexy.
- Rich in texture; prominent.
- A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.
- A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.
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 FAT
- Chunky, and more
- __ cat (wealthy one)
- Frying need
- Skim milk extract
- Waist material
- Dieter's no-no
- Love handles, essentially
- Roly-poly
- It's okay on Atkins
- Marbling
More clues leading to the result GLUT
- Pack to the gills
- Eat excessively
- Overabundance
- Excess
- Overstuffing
- Plethora
- Surfeit
- Superabundance
- Oversupply
- Flood, as a market
More clues leading to the result PLETHORA
- Super-abundance
- Abundance
- Overabundance
- Extreme excess
- Superabundance
- Excess
- Teeming amount
- Large amount
- Superfluity
- Sea
More clues leading to the result OVERKILL
- Excess
- It's too much
- Too much
- Too much of a good thing
- Much more than what is required
- Too much of a bad thing?
- Excessive effort
- Effort that goes further than necessary
- Much too much
More clues leading to the result SURPLUS
- Extra
- More than what's needed
- Excess
- More than needed
- Excess amount
- Unneeded extra amount
- Army-Navy store stock
- Excess of assets over liabilities.
- Reason for Government sales.
More clues leading to the result NIMIETY
More clues leading to the result SURFEIT
More clues leading to the result INTEMPERATENESS
More clues leading to the result OVERPLUS
More clues leading to the result SPARE
- Next best thing to a strike
- Left over
- Type of tire
- Diagonal line, on a score sheet
- Donut in a trunk
- Flat replacement
- It may be found in the trunk
- Trunk item
- Do without
- Converted split
More clues leading to the result OVERAGE
- Excess supply
- Excess media reports after leader quits (7)
- Surplus
- Excess
- Surplus goods.
- Too old.
- Surplus.
- A surplus, as of goods.
- Surplus, as of goods.
- Ready to retire.