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 |
| ASS | 12 % | 3 |
| DOLT | 12 % | 4 |
| NINNY | 12 % | 5 |
| COOT | 9 % | 4 |
| SILLYGOOSE | 9 % | 10 |
| YOYO | 6 % | 4 |
| GOOSE | 3 % | 5 |
| SILLYBILLY | 3 % | 10 |
| BOOB | 3 % | 4 |
| DOOFUS | 3 % | 6 |
| SAP | 3 % | 3 |
| IDIOT | 3 % | 5 |
| DINGALING | 3 % | 9 |
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 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 DOLT
More clues leading to the result NINNY
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 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
More clues leading to the result SILLYBILLY
- Foolish one
- Nickname of England's William IV.
- William IV of England.
- Clownish one
- Not so smart with rhymes?
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