The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LURID , but the solution may also be AWFUL which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Wall Street Journal).
Ghastly crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LURID | 29 % | 5 |
| MACABRE | 20 % | 7 |
| AWFUL | 12 % | 5 |
| ASHEN | 7 % | 5 |
| GRUESOME | 7 % | 8 |
| DREADFUL | 5 % | 8 |
| ASHY | 2 % | 4 |
| HORRID | 2 % | 6 |
| GRIM | 2 % | 4 |
| WAN | 2 % | 3 |
| HORRIFIC | 2 % | 8 |
| HORRIBLE | 2 % | 8 |
| ASHWHITE | 2 % | 8 |
| BAD | 2 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ghastly
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- macabre
- grisly
- gruesome
- grim
- alarming
- offensive
- sepulchral
- charnel
- lurid
- nasty
- horrific
- horrifying
Crossword Answer definitions
LURID adjective- Shocking, horrifying.
- Melodramatic.
- Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance.
- Being of a light yellow hue.
- Having a brown colour tinged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.
- Having a colour tinged with purple, yellow, and grey.
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 LURID
- Like pulp fiction
- Glaringly vivid
- Grisly
- Like some details
- Gruesome
- Lake tabloid shockers
- Like pulp magazines
- Shocking (5)
- Sensationalized
- Glaringly sensational
More clues leading to the result MACABRE
- See 99 Down
- Gruesome
- Like many of Poe's tales
- Like Lon Chaney characters
- Ghastly
- Like some Poe poems
- "Danse ___"
- Ghoulish
- Saint-Saëns' "Danse __"
- Poe genre
More clues leading to the result AWFUL
- Terrible
- The pits
- Worth no stars
- Dismal
- "Yuck!"-inducing
- Rotten
- Just terrible
- Appalling
- Yucky
- Worth two thumbs down
More clues leading to the result ASHEN
More clues leading to the result GRUESOME
More clues leading to the result DREADFUL
More clues leading to the result ASHY
- Pallid
- Pasty-faced
- Like some fireplaces
- Very pale
- Washed out
- Pale as a ghost
- Quite white
- Far from ruddy
- Somewhat off-color
- Grayish
More clues leading to the result HORRID
- Ghastly
- Dreadful
- Egregious
- Perfectly awful
- Absolutely atrocious
- Absolutely dreadful
- Just plain awful
- Atrocious
- Repulsive
- Abysmal
More clues leading to the result GRIM
- Like the 'Reaper'
- Sinister
- Not at all rosy
- Long-faced
- Like the `Reaper'
- Really dark
- Not looking so good
- Morbid
- Not looking rosy
- Bleak in outlook
More clues leading to the result WAN
- Pale
- Off color?
- Washed out
- Whey-faced
- White as a ghost
- Without color
- Pasty-faced
- Pale-faced
- Pale (and, after burrowing, a 37-Down/43-Across from the Spice Girls)
- Bleached-looking