The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ELUSIVE , but the solution may also be CAGY which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Hard to pin down crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ELUSIVE | 32 % | 7 |
| EELY | 26 % | 4 |
| EVASIVE | 13 % | 7 |
| VAGUE | 13 % | 5 |
| DODGY | 9 % | 5 |
| CAGY | 2 % | 4 |
| COY | 2 % | 3 |
| SHIFTY | 2 % | 6 |
| SLIPPERYASANEEL | 2 % | 15 |
Why may CAGY be the right solution?
"CAGY" means cautious or wary, which can make someone or something hard to pin down or trap. Therefore, "Hard to pin down" is a suitable clue for the answer "CAGY".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hard to pin down
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- elusive
- evasive
- inaccessible
- unattainable
- unobtainable
- impossibility
- impossible
- forbidden fruit
- unspeakable
- ineffable
- unreachable
- inexpressible
Crossword Answer definitions
ELUSIVE adjective- Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.
- Difficult to make precise.
- Rarely seen.
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 ELUSIVE
- Difficult to recall
- Hard to pin down
- Slippery
- Difficult to describe
- Hard to get
- Not easily caught
- Continually slipping away
- Just out of reach
- Hard to nail down
- Difficult to find
More clues leading to the result EELY
- Hard to hold
- Slippery
- Hard to pick up?
- Serpentlike
- Wriggling
- Hard to pin down
- Evasive
- Hard to get hold of
- Really wiggly
- Tough to hold
More clues leading to the result EVASIVE
- Hard to pin down
- Weaselly
- Intentionally noncommittal
- Hard to nail down
- Less than frank
- Slippery
- Not forthcoming
- Anything but straightforward
- Like some press conference answers
- Like many a politician's answers
More clues leading to the result VAGUE
- Not clear
- Sketchy
- Hard to pin down
- Unspecific
- Fuzzy
- Nonspecific
- Nebulous
- Not clearly expressed
- Undefined
- Hard to make out
More clues leading to the result DODGY
- Hard to pin down
- Evasive
- Tricky
- Not to be believed
- Evasive and tricky
- Untrustworthy, to a Brit
- Risky
- Not to be trusted
More clues leading to the result CAGY
More clues leading to the result COY
- Affectedly shy
- Quaintly shy
- Playing hard to get
- Playfully innocent
- Demure
- Far from forward
- Shy
- Flirtatiously shy
- Hard to pin down
- Affectedly demure
More clues leading to the result SHIFTY
- Like one hard to trust
- Sly
- Marked by deceit
- Devious
- Not to be trusted
- Describing good quarterbacks or quibblers.
- Tricky.
- Evasive.
- Evasive
- Furtive