The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word USELESS , but the solution may also be FREEBIE which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Good-for-nothing crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| USELESS | 17 % | 7 |
| BADEGG | 9 % | 6 |
| IDLER | 9 % | 5 |
| OTIOSE | 7 % | 6 |
| BUM | 6 % | 3 |
| WASTREL | 6 % | 7 |
| SORRY | 6 % | 5 |
| FREEBIE | 4 % | 7 |
| LOUT | 4 % | 4 |
| LOUSE | 4 % | 5 |
| NEERDOWELL | 4 % | 10 |
| LOWLIFE | 3 % | 7 |
| NOCOUNT | 3 % | 7 |
| ROGUE | 3 % | 5 |
| EMPTYSUIT | 1 % | 9 |
| SCAPEGRACE | 1 % | 10 |
| INUTILE | 1 % | 7 |
| SOANDSO | 1 % | 7 |
| SHIFTLESS | 1 % | 9 |
| SEWANDSEW | 1 % | 9 |
| NOACCOUNT | 1 % | 9 |
| MERITLESS | 1 % | 9 |
| LOAFER | 1 % | 6 |
| PROBONO | 1 % | 7 |
Why may FREEBIE be the right solution?
The answer "FREEBIE" fits the clue "Good for nothing" because a freebie is something given without charge, making it good for nothing in terms of cost.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Good-for-nothing
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- no-account
- no-good
- no-count
- worthless
- meritless
- goof-off
- sorry
- goldbrick
- good-for-naught
- useless
- tosser
- good-for-nothing
Crossword Answer definitions
USELESS adjective- Without use or possibility to be used.
- Unhelpful, not useful; pointless (of an action).
- (of a person) Good-for-nothing; not dependable.
- (of a person) Unable to do well at a particular task or thing. Useless is mildly insulting.
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 USELESS
- Of no value
- Vain
- Of no help whatsoever
- Like a vestigial organ
- Good-for-nothing
- Ineffectual
- Good for nothing
- Not worth a plugged nickel
- Futile
- Having no point
More clues leading to the result BADEGG
- Unsavory sort
- Crumb
- Rotter
- Disreputable person
- No-goodnik
- Good-for-nothing
- Crumb bum
- Rotten apple
- Troublemaker
- Scoundrel
More clues leading to the result IDLER
More clues leading to the result OTIOSE
More clues leading to the result BUM
- Like some deals
- Like some raps
- Vagrant
- Cadge
- "Borrow," as a cigarette
- Alley denizen
- Borrow (forver)
- Schlub
- Enthusiast
- Derriere
More clues leading to the result WASTREL
- Squanderer or wanderer
- Spendthrift
- Prodigal one
- Extravagant one
- Scrooge's opposite
- Ne'er-do-well
- Spendthrift.
- Good-for-nothing.
- Playboy.
- Profligate.
More clues leading to the result SORRY
- Good for nothing
- "Pardon me!"
- Contrite
- Game with an exclamation point in its name
- Woebegone
- "My fault"
- Rue-smitten
- "My bad"
- Classic board game
- "My humble apologies!"
More clues leading to the result FREEBIE
- Something given away
- Comp
- No-cost item
- Throw-in
- Tiny shampoo bottle, e.g.
- Hotel soap, say
- It's thrown in
- It's on the house
- Comped thing
- Good for nothing?
More clues leading to the result LOUT
- Oafish one
- A large, ungainly person
- Crude one
- Boor
- Lazy sort
- Oaf
- Knuckle-dragger
- Scoundrel
- Klutz
- Awkward brute
More clues leading to the result LOUSE
- __ up (bungle)
- Vile character
- Wingless parasite
- No-goodnik
- Cad
- Sleazebag
- Big nit
- No-good guy
- Real stinker
- Dirty rat
More clues leading to the result NEERDOWELL
- Good-for-nothing
- Worthless sort
- Wastrel (see letters 5 through 9)
- Good-for-nothing.
- Black sheep.
- Relative of a black sheep.
- Scapegrace.
- Cousin of a sad sack.
- Shiftless.
- Black sheep's cousin.
More clues leading to the result LOWLIFE
- Ne'er-do-well
- Slime
- Creep
- Scuzzball
- Uncouth type
- Reprobate
- Good-for-nothing
- Disreputable sort
- Dastardly sort
More clues leading to the result NOCOUNT
More clues leading to the result ROGUE
- Scoundrel
- Rapscallion
- Elephant gone amok
- Reprobate
- Malevolent elephant
- Pachyderm outcast
- Vagabond or rascal
- River of Oregon
- Picaresque type
- Solitary elephant
More clues leading to the result EMPTYSUIT
- *Ineffective executive
- Ineffective executive, metaphorically
- Ineffectual exec
- Ineffectual executive
- Good-for-nothing
More clues leading to the result SCAPEGRACE
More clues leading to the result INUTILE
- Worthless
- No help
- Useless.
- Unprofitable.
- Useless
- Purposeless
- Lacking serviceability
- Pointless
- Good for nothing
More clues leading to the result SOANDSO
- Nobody in particular
- Real S.O.B.
- Unnamed person
- Son of a gun
- Scoundrel
- Blankety-blank
- Skunk
- Minced epithet
- What's-his-name
- Dirty rat
More clues leading to the result SHIFTLESS
- Lacking ambition
- ... like a factory worker?
- Unambitious to the max
- Lazy to the max
- Idle and then some
- Lazy
- Good-for-nothing
- Like Modigliani's "Reclining Nude"?
More clues leading to the result SEWANDSEW
More clues leading to the result NOACCOUNT
More clues leading to the result MERITLESS
More clues leading to the result LOAFER
- Penny shoe, perhaps
- Lazybones
- Casual shoe
- Slip-on
- Type of slip-on
- Shoe without a lace
- Goldbrick
- Comfortable shoe
- Layabout
- Work shirker