The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DRESSY , but the solution may also be PROM which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Formal crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DRESSY | 46 % | 6 |
| PRIM | 14 % | 4 |
| SOLEMN | 6 % | 6 |
| BLACKTIE | 6 % | 8 |
| PROM | 6 % | 4 |
| STARCHY | 6 % | 7 |
| SCHY | 3 % | 4 |
| BALL | 3 % | 4 |
| STILTED | 3 % | 7 |
| WHITETIE | 3 % | 8 |
| DRESS | 3 % | 5 |
| STAID | 3 % | 5 |
Why may DRESSY be the right solution?
"DRESSY" is the right solution for "Formal" because it means suitable for formal occasions or events, often requiring fancy or elegant clothing.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Formal
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- pro forma
- conventional
- titular
- perfunctory
- logical
- ceremonious
- nominal
- ceremonial
- official
- courtly
- literary
- dignified
Crossword Answer definitions
DRESSY adjective- Elegant, smart or stylish.
- Fond of dressing up; keen on fashion.
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 DRESSY
- Not casual
- Smart
- Formal
- Highly fashionable
- Like "Million Dollar Mind Game" outfits
- Formal, for wear
- Sharply attired
- Fancily decked out
- Requiring a tie
- Formal, casually
More clues leading to the result PRIM
- Extremely proper
- Stiffly neat
- __ and proper
- Proper's partner
- Proper
- Prudish
- Strait-laced
- Proper mate
- Straitlaced
- Overly formal
More clues leading to the result SOLEMN
- Serious
- Unsmiling
- Eggshibiting gravity
- Grave
- Invoking the force of religion
- Like funeral marches
- Not marked by levity
- Extremely earnest
- Like many oaths
- Very serious
More clues leading to the result BLACKTIE
- Semiformal, as an affair
- Semiformal
- Formal
- Fairly formal
- Formal indication
- Requiring a dinner jacket
- Formal-affair wear
- Evening wear.
- Order of dress.
- Formal wear
More clues leading to the result PROM
- Where a queen may be crowned
- Year-end formal
- High school dance
- Formal
- Senior moment?
- "Pretty in Pink" setting
- Annual May event
- Big bouquet-buying season
- Event for a corsage
- Event for a king and queen
More clues leading to the result STARCHY
- Stiff and formal
- High-carb, maybe
- Rigidly formal
- Like pasta
- Like rice and potatoes
- Like tapioca
- Carb-loaded
- Like legumes
- Like poi.
- Glutinous.
More clues leading to the result SCHY
More clues leading to the result BALL
- See 19-Across
- Great time
- Musket ammo
- Poor pitch
- Yoga prop
- Really good time
- "Play __!"
- She graced "TV Guide"'s first cover
- Wicked good time
- Event attended by Cinderella
More clues leading to the result STILTED
- Artificially formal
- Contrived
- Overly formal
- Stiffly formal
- Pompous
- Like awkwardly formal speech
- Stiffly dignified, as prose
- Wooden in manner
- Stiffly dignified
- Very constrained
More clues leading to the result WHITETIE
- Formal invitation specification
- Formal requirement
- Formal
- Formal wear
- Requiring formal attire
- Ultra-formal
- Formal wear.
- Tail's partner
- Fancy invitation specification
- Formal requirement?
More clues leading to the result DRESS
- A-line article
- Kind of code
- Kind of rehearsal
- School code
- Prepare salad
- __ down (scold)
- Clothing item with a zipper in the back, perhaps
- Frock
- Attire
- Slip cover?