The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word WORN which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2021.
Frayed crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WORN | 60 % | 4 |
| RAVELED | 16 % | 7 |
| TATTY | 8 % | 5 |
| SEEDY | 4 % | 5 |
| RAVELLY | 4 % | 7 |
| RAGGED | 4 % | 6 |
| RAGGY | 4 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Frayed
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- worn
- damaged
- defeated
- undone
- untied
- tattered
- ragged
- raveled
- torn
- corroded
- ratty
- knotted
Crossword Answer definitions
WORN verb- To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
- To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
- To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
- (with "it") To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.
- To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
- To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
- To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
- To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.
- (in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
- (of time) To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.
- To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind. Also written "ware". Past: weared, or wore/worn.
- To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.
- To defend; protect.
- To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.
- To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.
- Damaged and shabby as a result of much use
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 WORN
- Ready for patching
- Showing the effects of overwork
- Secondhand
- Shabby
- Threadbare
- Beat-up
- Hackneyed
- Frayed
- Sported
- In need of rotation, possibly
More clues leading to the result RAVELED
- Tangled or disentangled
- Disentangled
- In a messy bunch
- Came loose
- Frayed
- Disentangled.
- Untwisted.
- Frayed.
- Unwound.
- Untwisted
More clues leading to the result TATTY
- Frayed and ragged
- Ragged
- Rather dilapidated
- Shabby
- Untidy
- Ill-kempt
- Ragged and untidy
- Frayed
- Moth-eaten
- Decrepit
More clues leading to the result SEEDY
- Like a fleabag
- Not exactly elegant
- Adjective for Burpee's business?
- In sorry shape
- Far from four-star
- Ragtag
- Run-down
- Shabby
- Far from posh
- Disreputable
More clues leading to the result RAVELLY
More clues leading to the result RAGGED
- Certainly not dressed for a job interview
- Imperfect
- Tattered
- Uneven
- In tatters
- Irregular
- Frayed.
- Uneven.
- Rip's attire is.
- Shaggy.