The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word MOROSE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2025.
Glum crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MOROSE | 28 % | 6 |
| SAD | 26 % | 3 |
| DOUR | 19 % | 4 |
| SULLEN | 7 % | 6 |
| MOPEY | 5 % | 5 |
| MOPY | 3 % | 4 |
| DROOPY | 2 % | 6 |
| BLUE | 2 % | 4 |
| SULKY | 2 % | 5 |
| DEJECTED | 2 % | 8 |
| LONGFACED | 2 % | 9 |
| GRUM | 2 % | 4 |
| DOWNINTHEMOUTH | 2 % | 14 |
Why may SAD be the right solution?
The word "glum" means looking or feeling sad or dejected, and "sad" is a synonym for this definition. Therefore, "SAD" is the right solution for the crossword clue "Glum."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Glum
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- morose
- saturnine
- long-faced
- sullen
- gloomy
- dejected
- dour
- moody
- ill-natured
- sour
- glowering
- dark
Crossword Answer definitions
MOROSE adjective- Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.
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 MOROSE
More clues leading to the result SAD
More clues leading to the result DOUR
- Forbidding
- Saturnine
- Silently ill-humored
- Not elated
- Sullen
- Gloomy or forbidding
- Gloomy
- Gloomy or stern
- Far from cheerful
- No fun to be around
More clues leading to the result SULLEN
More clues leading to the result MOPEY
- Down in the dumps
- Glum
- Listless
- In a funk
- Exhibiting listlessness
- Feeling blue
- Apt to sulk
- Prone to sulking
- In the doldrums
- Dejected
More clues leading to the result MOPY
More clues leading to the result DROOPY
- Like a basset hound's ears
- Lethargic
- Tex Avery's blasé basset
- Sad-looking
- Sagging
- Like a flop-eared pup's ears
- 7-Dwarfs' doleful kin?
- Like basset ears
- Dejected
- Tending to hang down
More clues leading to the result BLUE
- "Am I __"
- A primary color
- Dejected
- Like Carl Perkins's suede shoes
- Sad
- Babe's color
- Depressed
- Down in the dumps
- Down
- Like Smurfs
More clues leading to the result SULKY
- Harness racer
- Huffish
- Horse-drawn carriage
- Peevish
- In a snit
- Trotter's rig
- Sullen
- Harness racing vehicle
- Trotter's burden
- Having the mopes