The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BLEAK , but the solution may also be GRIM which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in LA Times).
Hardly promising crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BLEAK | 33 % | 5 |
| GRIM | 33 % | 4 |
| DIM | 33 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hardly promising
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bleak
- dim
- grim
- ill
- bright
- buy
- encouraging
- exciting
- fair
- fizzle
- iou
- lead
Crossword Answer definitions
BLEAK adjective- Without color; pale; pallid.
- Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
- Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
- A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae.
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 BLEAK
- Hopeless
- __ House (Dickens)
- Far from comforting
- Discouraging
- ___ House
- Desolate
- Dickens's "___ House"
- Dreary
- Like the tundra
- Cheerless
More clues leading to the result GRIM
- Like the 'Reaper'
- Sinister
- Not at all rosy
- Long-faced
- Like the `Reaper'
- Really dark
- Not looking so good
- Morbid
- Not looking rosy
- Bleak in outlook