The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LAME , but the solution may also be RARE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Half-baked crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LAME | 24 % | 4 |
| RARE | 24 % | 4 |
| DUMB | 18 % | 4 |
| INSANE | 12 % | 6 |
| MORONIC | 6 % | 7 |
| DOPY | 6 % | 4 |
| HAREBRAINED | 6 % | 11 |
| ZANY | 6 % | 4 |
Why may RARE be the right solution?
"Half-baked" can refer to something that is not fully cooked or incomplete. In cooking terms, "rare" is used to describe meat that is not fully cooked, making it the correct answer for the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Half-baked
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- softheaded
- underdone
- impractical
- crazy
- raw
- screwball
- half-hearted
- insufficient
- inadequate
- ill-considered
- ill-conceived
- ill-advised
Crossword Answer definitions
LAME noun- A stupid or undesirable person.
- To cause (a person or animal) to become lame.
- Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
- Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect or temporary obstruction of a function.
- (by extension) Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
- Unconvincing or unbelievable.
- Failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant.
- A lamina; a thin layer or plate of material, as in certain kinds of armor.
- (in the plural) A set of joined overlapping metal plates.
- To shine.
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 LAME
- Ineffectual
- Showy fabric
- Feeble, as an excuse
- Kind of excuse
- Unconvincing
- Sparkly material
- Difficult to take seriously
- Weak sauce
- "You can do better than that"
- Metallic fabric
More clues leading to the result RARE
- Still bloody
- At a premium
- Extraordinary
- Hard to find
- Highly collectible
- Like the spotted owl
- Not common
- Steak order
- __-earth element
- Chophouse order
More clues leading to the result DUMB
- Cloddish
- ___ waiter (elevator)
- Type of waiter
- Like a rock?
- Like someone stoned, perhaps
- See 25-Down
- Word with waiter or bell
- Speechless
- Unintelligent
- Not bright at all
More clues leading to the result INSANE
- Mad
- Moonstruck
- Preposterous
- Bonkers
- Non compos mentis
- Cuckoo
- Nuts or bananas
- Cuckoo bananas
- X Gamer's "amazing"
- Beyond daring
More clues leading to the result MORONIC
- Stupid
- Really dumb
- Brainless
- Feeble
- Just plain dumb
- Dense
- Of twelve-year-old mentality.
- Relative of 45 Across.
- Inane.
- Dull
More clues leading to the result DOPY
- In a fog
- Punch-drunk
- Inane: Var.
- Like Denny Dimwit: Var.
- Sluggish
- Idiotic
- Half-baked
- Sluggish from sedatives
- Inane (Var.)
- Out of it
More clues leading to the result HAREBRAINED
- Idiotic
- Foolish
- Crazy
- Half-baked
- Giddy.
- Flighty.
- Fatuitous
- Organically foolish?
- Like some schemes
- Foolish [2011]