The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word IDIOT , but the solution may also be ASS which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in Wall Street Journal).
Foolish person crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| IDIOT | 16 % | 5 |
| ASS | 11 % | 3 |
| NITWIT | 11 % | 6 |
| TWIT | 11 % | 4 |
| MORON | 5 % | 5 |
| GOOF | 5 % | 4 |
| CHUMP | 5 % | 5 |
| GALOOT | 5 % | 6 |
| JERK | 5 % | 4 |
| SHMO | 5 % | 4 |
| NINNY | 5 % | 5 |
| JUGHEAD | 5 % | 7 |
| SAP | 5 % | 3 |
| SILLYGOOSE | 5 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Foolish person
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- idiot
- imbecile
- moron
- stupid person
- nimrod
- dope
- doyle
- dumbbell
- booby
- humdrum
- tomato
- dip
Crossword Answer definitions
IDIOT noun- A person of low general intelligence.
- A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool.
- A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30.
- Idiotic, stupid
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 IDIOT
- Dostoyevsky's "The __"
- Dunderhead
- __ savant
- __-proof (easy to operate)
- Bonehead
- Lamebrain
- Mooncalf
- Nincompoop
- Doofus
- Shit-for-brains
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 NITWIT
More clues leading to the result TWIT
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 GOOF
- Make a boo-boo
- Silly typo, e.g.
- Foul-up
- Blunder
- Pull a boner
- Make a mistake
- Careless mistake
- Mistake
- Screwup
- Blow it
More clues leading to the result CHUMP
More clues leading to the result GALOOT
More clues leading to the result JERK
- Pull hard
- Insufferable twit
- Jamaican dish
- Weightlifter's move
- Soda server
- Yank
- Dry in the sun, as strips of beef
- Creep
- Weightlifting exercise
- Idiot
More clues leading to the result SHMO
- Yiddish jerk (var.)
- Nudnik
- Doofus (var.)
- Loser
- Bumbling sort
- Oaf
- Dullard
- Foolish person
- Nerd: Var.
- Jerk: Var.
More clues leading to the result NINNY
More clues leading to the result JUGHEAD
- Pal of Archie
- Foolish person*
- Archie's pal at Riverdale
- Friend of Archie and Betty in the comics
- Archie's pal