The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STALE , but the solution may also be EVEN which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Flat crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STALE | 17 % | 5 |
| EVEN | 13 % | 4 |
| PLANAR | 9 % | 6 |
| LEVEL | 9 % | 5 |
| PRONE | 5 % | 5 |
| INSIPID | 4 % | 7 |
| TWODIMENSIONAL | 4 % | 14 |
| HORIZONTAL | 4 % | 10 |
| LACKLUSTER | 3 % | 10 |
| PUNCTUREDTIRE | 3 % | 13 |
| BANAL | 3 % | 5 |
| LOWHEELEDSHOE | 3 % | 13 |
| VAPID | 3 % | 5 |
| TWOD | 2 % | 4 |
| STRAIGHT | 2 % | 8 |
| OFFKEY | 2 % | 6 |
| ONED | 2 % | 4 |
| NONEFFERVESCENT | 2 % | 15 |
| DEFLATED | 2 % | 8 |
| UKASE | 1 % | 5 |
| LACKINGCONTRAST | 1 % | 15 |
| BLAH | 1 % | 4 |
| TENEMENT | 1 % | 8 |
| LONDONAPARTMENT | 1 % | 15 |
| APARTMENT | 1 % | 9 |
| PLANE | 1 % | 5 |
| PLAIN | 1 % | 5 |
| JEJUNE | 1 % | 6 |
| BROKE | 1 % | 5 |
| BELOWPITCH | 1 % | 10 |
| THENEXTKEYBELOW | 1 % | 15 |
Why may EVEN be the right solution?
The term "flat" can mean level or even, so the answer "EVEN" fits the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Flat
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- level
- horizontal
- plane
- planar
- matt
- matte
- compressed
- two-dimensional
- multidimensional
- even
- apartment
- regressive
Crossword Answer definitions
STALE noun- Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.
- (of alcohol) To make stale; to age in order to clear and strengthen (a drink, especially beer).
- To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest of, particularly by excessive exposure or consumption.
- To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
- (alcohol) To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
- (alcohol) Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong.
- No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
- No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; cliche, hackneyed, dated.
- No longer nubile or suitable for marriage, in reference to people; past one's prime.
- Fallow, in reference to land.
- Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.
- Taking a long time to change
- Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.
- Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
- Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.
- A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.)
- The posts and rungs composing a ladder.
- The stem of a plant.
- The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.
- To make a ladder by joining rungs ("stales") between the posts.
- A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.
- A stalemate; a stalemated game.
- An ambush.
- A band of armed men or hunters.
- The main force of an army.
- To stalemate.
- To be stalemated.
- At a standstill; stalemated.
- (livestock) Urine, especially used of horses and cattle.
- (livestock) To urinate, especially used of horses and cattle.
- A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.
- Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.
- An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.
- A partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.
- A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another's (usu. sinister) designs; a stalking horse.
- A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.
- Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.
- To serve as a decoy, to lure.
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 STALE
- Like some jokes
- Old hat
- Best bread for stuffing
- Like an old joke
- Old and worn
- Like old bread
- Dried out
- Like jokes that kids enjoy, often
- Tired
- Banal
More clues leading to the result EVEN
- Deadlocked
- Fair
- In a dead heat
- Like a two-and-two count
- One way to break
- Smooth over
- Square
- Tied
- Way to keep the keel
- "_____ Steven"
More clues leading to the result PLANAR
- Flat, as in geometry
- Flat
- Two-dimensional
- Of a geometric surface
- Of a flat surface
- Lying in a level surface
- Flat; level
- Level
- Like Flatland
- Less than three-dimensional
More clues leading to the result LEVEL
- On the __ (honest)
- Of the same height
- Carpenter's tool
- Raze
- One of 256 for Pac-Man
- Parking garage section
- Flat, as a field
- Horizontality
- Like well-hung paintings
- Surveyor's instrument
More clues leading to the result PRONE
More clues leading to the result INSIPID
More clues leading to the result TWODIMENSIONAL
More clues leading to the result HORIZONTAL
More clues leading to the result LACKLUSTER
More clues leading to the result PUNCTUREDTIRE
More clues leading to the result BANAL
- Corny
- Trite
- Hackneyed
- Unoriginal
- Commonplace
- Extremely hokey
- Not the least bit fresh
- Insipid
- Like an old saw
- Unstimulating
More clues leading to the result LOWHEELEDSHOE
More clues leading to the result VAPID
More clues leading to the result TWOD
- Having only length and width
- Pretty much all surface, for short
- Lacking depth
- Not giving an illusion of depth, briefly
- Lacking depth spatially
- Like a rect.
- Flat, for short
- Lacking depth, briefly
- Plane
- Having height and width, for short
More clues leading to the result STRAIGHT
- Five in a row, in Vegas
- Combination at poker.
- Direct.
- Poker hand.
- Poker holding
- Go ___ (be law-abiding)
- Poker hand
- HAND
- Even
- Unembellished
More clues leading to the result OFFKEY
- Like many singers before being Auto-Tuned
- Sharp or flat
- Like an inept singer
- Like a bad "American Idol" contestant
- Flat or sharp
- Incongruous.
- Flat.
- Dissonant.
- Sour, musically
- Disharmonic
More clues leading to the result ONED
- Like lines, as opposed to drawings or expensive James Cameron movies
- Like lines, briefly
- Strictly linear, for short
- Linear
- Linear, for short
- Without depth
- Like a line, for short
- Joined
- Flat, in a way
- Lacking depth and height
More clues leading to the result NONEFFERVESCENT
More clues leading to the result DEFLATED
- Brought down, as prices.
- Dispirited.
- Collapsed.
- Like a flat tire
- Punctured
- Let air out
- Like an unused air mattress
- Released air from, as a balloon
- FLAT
- Reduced the availability of, as currency
More clues leading to the result UKASE
- Czar's directive
- Czar's order
- Czar's edict
- Order from a czar
- Authoritative proclamation
- Czarist decree
- Czarist edict
- Imperial decree
- Tsar's decree
- Executive order
More clues leading to the result LACKINGCONTRAST
More clues leading to the result BLAH
- Lacking panache
- Mediocre
- Worthless nonsense
- Bor-r-ring
- Ho-hum
- "Yeah, whatever"
- Dull
- Uninspired
- Humdrum
- Boring
More clues leading to the result TENEMENT
- Slum housing
- Common Lower East Side sight, once
- Urban dwelling
- Run-down building
- Film noir setting
- Run-down urban dwelling
- "West Side Story" building
- Catfish Row dwelling
- Inner-city dwelling
- Project, perhaps
More clues leading to the result LONDONAPARTMENT
More clues leading to the result APARTMENT
- Place to live
- Flat
- Digs usually rented
- Digs, perhaps
- Common rental
- Flat across the pond?
- "The Odd Couple" setting
- Scarcer than a hen's molars.
- Sometimes called "diggings.”
- Modern cliff dwelling.
More clues leading to the result PLANE
- Smooth out
- Vapor-trail producer
- Flat surface
- Carpenter's tool
- Cessna, e.g.
- Evening aid
- Kayak.com conveyance, ironically
- Two-dimensional surface
- Smoothing tool
- Tarmac taxier
More clues leading to the result PLAIN
- Unadorned
- Sans toppings
- Pizza choice
- Easy to see
- Steppe or savannah
- Like the nose on your face
- Like Amish style
- ___ People (Amish)
- Unvarnished
- "Sarah, ___ and Tall" (Glenn Close movie)
More clues leading to the result JEJUNE
- Kinda blah
- Insipid
- Childish
- Not exciting
- Not interesting
- Dull and flat.
- Stale, flat, and unprofitable.
- Flat
- Dull
- Naïve
More clues leading to the result BROKE
- Down-and-out
- Needing dough
- Cracked, perhaps
- Impecunious
- Tapped out
- Penniless
- Without a dime
- Belly-up
- Out of funds
- Something to go for?