The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word IDIOT , but the solution may also be FATHEAD which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in New York Times).
Half-wit crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| IDIOT | 26 % | 5 |
| DOPE | 11 % | 4 |
| MORON | 11 % | 5 |
| SIMP | 11 % | 4 |
| IMBECILE | 11 % | 8 |
| BOOB | 11 % | 4 |
| FATHEAD | 5 % | 7 |
| DOLT | 5 % | 4 |
| FOOL | 5 % | 4 |
| ASS | 5 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Half-wit
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- dimwit
- idiot
- nitwit
- moron
- doofus
- imbecile
- retard
- changeling
- cretin
- half-witted
- half-wittedness
- halfwit
Crossword Answer definitions
IDIOT noun- A person of low general intelligence.
- A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool.
- A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30.
- Idiotic, stupid
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 IDIOT
- Dostoyevsky's "The __"
- Dunderhead
- __ savant
- __-proof (easy to operate)
- Bonehead
- Lamebrain
- Mooncalf
- Nincompoop
- Doofus
- Shit-for-brains
More clues leading to the result DOPE
More clues leading to the result MORON
- Dumbbell
- Empty head
- Rear view? (or ... dummy)
- Asshat
- Jerk
- Word coined by psychologist H.H. Goddard in 1910
- Egghead's opposite
- Butt of many a joke
- Dim bulb
- Imbecile
More clues leading to the result SIMP
More clues leading to the result IMBECILE
- Moe's word for Larry, often
- Markedly foolish.
- Asinine
- One who doesn't know much
- Dolt
- "You fool!"
- Ninny
- "Three Stooges" insult
- Half-wit
- Einstein's opposite
More clues leading to the result BOOB
- Dunce
- Ninny
- Numbskull
- Awkward one
- Knocker
- Nursing need
- Side-___ (something that's apparently highly newsworthy to the Huffington Post)
- Side-___ (sight with a loose-fitting top)
- Dumb cluck
- Tube devotee?
More clues leading to the result FATHEAD
- Lummox
- Ninny
- Dimwit
- Incompetent fool
- Chump
- Stupid person.
- Slangy term of opprobrium
- Dunderpate.
- Nitwit
- Numskull
More clues leading to the result DOLT
More clues leading to the result FOOL
- Creamy dessert
- Blockhead
- April 1 victim
- "He who hesitates," per Mae West
- Idiot
- Meatball
- One who sits on a whoopee cushion
- Start of an eight-word stepquote
- Hoodwink
- Pull a prank on