The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word OPEN which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2021.
Forthright crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
OPEN | 42 % | 4 |
CANDID | 16 % | 6 |
BOLD | 11 % | 4 |
FLATFOOTED | 11 % | 10 |
FOURSQUARE | 5 % | 10 |
SINCERE | 5 % | 7 |
OPENLY | 5 % | 6 |
HONEST | 5 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Forthright
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- plainspoken
- frank
- direct
- free-spoken
- outspoken
- candid
- blunt
- squarely
- point-blank
- straightforward
- directly
- frankness
Crossword Answer definitions
OPEN adjective- Not closed
- Not physically drawn together, closed, folded or contracted; extended
- Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
- Receptive.
- Public
- Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character.
- (of a formula) Having a free variable.
- (of a set) Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of X, that defines a topological space on X.
- (of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are different.
- (of a file, document, etc.) In current use; mapped to part of memory.
- Not fulfilled.
- Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration.
- (stringed instruments) Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.
- (wind instruments) Of a note, played without closing any finger-hole, key or valve.
- Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.
- (Of correspondence) Written or sent with the intention that it may made public or referred to at any trial, rather than by way of confidential private negotiation for a settlement. (Opposite of "without prejudice")
- Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
- Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
- (of a syllable) That ends in a vowel; not having a coda.
- Made public, usable with a free licence and without proprietary components.
- Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.
- To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position.
- To make (an open space, etc.) by clearing away an obstacle or obstacles, in order to allow for passage, access, or visibility.
- To bring up, broach.
- To enter upon, begin.
- To spread; to expand into an open or loose position.
- To make accessible to customers or clients.
- To start (a campaign).
- To become open.
- To begin conducting business.
- To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
- To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
- To reveal one's hand.
- (of a file, document, etc.) To load into memory for viewing or editing.
- To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
- (with the) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
- (with the) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.
- A defect in an electrical circuit preventing current from flowing.
- A sports event in which anybody can compete
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 OPEN
- "___ Sesame!"
- Begin bidding
- Certain tourney
- Hold jacks or better
- Kind of enrollment
- Ready for business
- Receptive
- Start the bidding
- Start the business day
- Storefront sign
More clues leading to the result CANDID
- "___ Camera"
- With 76-Across, Funt's brainchild
- Forthcoming
- "___ Camera": Funt show
- Frank
- "__ Camera"
- Like some wedding photos
- Forthright
- Pulling no punches
- Straight from the shoulder
More clues leading to the result BOLD
- Forward
- Gutsy
- Intrepid
- Not easily cowed
- Enhanced, as some text
- Style of emphasized lettering
- Forthright
- Typographical weight
- Fearless
- Courageous
More clues leading to the result FLATFOOTED
More clues leading to the result FOURSQUARE
- Classic schoolyard activity, and theme of this puzzle
- Unwavering
- Unswerving, and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues
- Unswerving
- Unequivocal.
- With steadfast firmness.
- Unyielding.
- Frank.
- Forthright
- Outspoken quartet's address?
More clues leading to the result SINCERE
More clues leading to the result OPENLY
- In public
- Without pretense
- Sans subterfuge
- ___ gay
- For all to see
- In a brazen manner
- In plain sight
- Not in secret
- Without reserve
- Not behind closed doors