The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TWIT which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Foolish one crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TWIT | 18 % | 4 |
| DOLT | 12 % | 4 |
| NINNY | 12 % | 5 |
| ASS | 12 % | 3 |
| COOT | 9 % | 4 |
| SILLYGOOSE | 9 % | 10 |
| YOYO | 6 % | 4 |
| BOOB | 3 % | 4 |
| DOOFUS | 3 % | 6 |
| SAP | 3 % | 3 |
| IDIOT | 3 % | 5 |
| DINGALING | 3 % | 9 |
| GOOSE | 3 % | 5 |
| SILLYBILLY | 3 % | 10 |
Why may DOOFUS be the right solution?
The answer "DOOFUS" fits the clue "Foolish one" because a doofus is a slang term used to describe a foolish or silly person.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Foolish one
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- nut
- stultify
- uxoriousness
- blunder
- bullshit
- chump
- crazy
- daft
- dip
- dope
- egg
- fool
Crossword Answer definitions
TWIT noun- A reproach, gibe or taunt.
- A foolish or annoying person.
- A euphemism for "twat", a contemptible or stupid person.
- A person who twitters, i.e. chatters inanely (see usage notes).
- To reproach, blame; to ridicule or tease.
- To ignore or killfile (a user on a bulletin board system).
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 TWIT
More clues leading to the result DOLT
More clues leading to the result NINNY
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 COOT
- Crotchety one
- Scoter
- Geezer
- Marsh hen
- Swimming bird to which weird old people might be compared
- Curmudgeon
- Foolish old man
- Diving bird
- Aquatic avian
- Eccentric oldster
More clues leading to the result SILLYGOOSE
- Person akin to a dumb bunny
- Foolish one
- Funny flier?
- Fool
- Foolish person
- Your opponent in a political argument.
- Fatuous one
- Ninny
- Foolish sort
- Goofball
More clues leading to the result YOYO
- Inept one
- Dither
- Spinning toy
- Cellist Ma
- Thing on a string
- Spooled toy
- Duncan toy
- Be wildly unstable
- "Rock the cradle" toy
- Duncan product
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?
More clues leading to the result DOOFUS
More clues leading to the result SAP
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 DINGALING
- Scatterbrain
- Dumbbell or bell sound
- Dope
- Kook
- Foolish one
- Tinkling sound
- "My _____" (1972 hit)
- Doofus
- Lamebrain
- Knucklehead
More clues leading to the result GOOSE
- Honker
- When you're in trouble, it's cooked
- Pinch
- Bay off Labrador
- Zero, with 101 Down
- Down provider
- Quill supplier
- Skein member
- Foie gras source
- Golden-egg layer