The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DIRE , but the solution may also be BLEAK which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Grim crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DIRE | 20 % | 4 |
| BLEAK | 20 % | 5 |
| STERN | 16 % | 5 |
| STARK | 16 % | 5 |
| DIREFUL | 12 % | 7 |
| DOUR | 8 % | 4 |
| DISMAL | 8 % | 6 |
Why may BLEAK be the right solution?
The word "bleak" is often used to describe something grim or dreary, making it a suitable answer for the clue "Grim."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Grim
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- gloomy
- disconsolate
- depressing
- cheerless
- ghastly
- dismal
- gruesome
- grisly
- macabre
- dispiriting
- hopeless
- dour
Crossword Answer definitions
DIRE adjective- Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
- Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
- Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal
- Bad in quality, awful, terrible.
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 DIRE
- Harrowing
- Kind of straits
- Urgent
- Critical
- Like some straits
- Serious
- Macabre
- Straits or consequences preceder
- Very urgent
- Disastrous
More clues leading to the result BLEAK
- Hopeless
- __ House (Dickens)
- Far from comforting
- Discouraging
- ___ House
- Desolate
- Dickens's "___ House"
- Dreary
- Like the tundra
- Cheerless
More clues leading to the result STERN
- Isaac or Howard
- Strict
- Violinist Isaac
- Austere
- Imus' rival
- "Private Parts" author
- Exacting
- "Miss America" author
- Author of "Private Parts"
- Like some warnings
More clues leading to the result STARK
- Bare
- Desolate
- Unvarnished
- Like barren landscapes or unflattering lighting
- With high contrast
- Sharply defined
- Downright
- Undecorated
- ___ raving mad
- ___ naked
More clues leading to the result DIREFUL
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