The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GAUNT , but the solution may also be WAN which is one of the most recent solution (2014 in Washington Post).
Hardly hearty crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GAUNT | 25 % | 5 |
| WAN | 25 % | 3 |
| PUNY | 25 % | 4 |
| ANEMIC | 25 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hardly hearty
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- anemic
- gaunt
- puny
- wan
- rude
- square
- solid
- blast
- aloof
- average
- bad
- blah
Crossword Answer definitions
GAUNT adjective- Lean, angular and bony
- Haggard, drawn and emaciated
- Bleak, barren and desolate
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 GAUNT
- Scrawny
- Extremely lean
- Too thin
- Overly thin
- Very thin
- Thin and angular
- Hardly hearty
- Emaciated-looking
- Emaciated
- Thin and bony
More clues leading to the result WAN
- Pale
- Off color?
- Washed out
- Whey-faced
- White as a ghost
- Without color
- Pasty-faced
- Pale-faced
- Pale (and, after burrowing, a 37-Down/43-Across from the Spice Girls)
- Bleached-looking
More clues leading to the result PUNY
- Inferior in size and strength
- Wimpy
- Weak
- Like a weakling's muscles
- Scrawny and small
- Small and weak
- Far from colossal
- Hardly hearty
- Undersized
- Insignificant