The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LURID , but the solution may also be MORBID which is one of the most recent solution (2012 in Universal uClick).
Grisly crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LURID | 27 % | 5 |
| GRUESOME | 27 % | 8 |
| MORBID | 27 % | 6 |
| MACABRE | 9 % | 7 |
| GRIM | 9 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Grisly
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- gruesome
- ghastly
- macabre
- grim
- alarming
- horrific
- horrifying
- appalling
- horrible
- atrocious
- terrible
- horrendous
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 GRUESOME
More clues leading to the result MORBID
- Gruesome
- Ghoulish
- Like some curiosity
- Like a typical Stephen King tale
- More than gloomy
- Obsessed with the dark side
- Like fascination with the dark side
- Gruesome.
- Kind of curiosity.
- Grisly
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