The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MORON , but the solution may also be NIMROD which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in New York Times).
Idiot crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MORON | 21 % | 5 |
| ASS | 13 % | 3 |
| DOLT | 11 % | 4 |
| DOPE | 9 % | 4 |
| TWIT | 6 % | 4 |
| NIMROD | 6 % | 6 |
| PEABRAIN | 4 % | 8 |
| CRETIN | 4 % | 6 |
| LUNK | 2 % | 4 |
| OAF | 2 % | 3 |
| DUNCE | 2 % | 5 |
| JACKASS | 2 % | 7 |
| YOYO | 2 % | 4 |
| FOOL | 2 % | 4 |
| JERK | 2 % | 4 |
| DORK | 2 % | 4 |
| DIMWIT | 2 % | 6 |
| BOOB | 2 % | 4 |
| DUMBBUNNY | 2 % | 9 |
| DODO | 2 % | 4 |
| NITWIT | 2 % | 6 |
| BOZO | 2 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Idiot
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- moron
- half-wit
- imbecile
- retard
- changeling
- cretin
- dimwit
- nitwit
- dunce
- birdbrain
- knucklehead
- fool
Crossword Answer definitions
MORON noun- A stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
- A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.
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 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 ASS
- Balaam's beast
- Balaam's mount
- Beast of burden
- Burdened beast
- Donkey
- Mule's father
- Dolt
- Stubborn one
- Stupid one
- Total idiot
More clues leading to the result DOLT
More clues leading to the result DOPE
More clues leading to the result TWIT
More clues leading to the result NIMROD
- Idiot
- Bozo
- Hunter in Genesis
- Noah's grandson
- Biblical hunter
- Mighty hunter
- Jerk
- Dodo
- Hunter descendant of Noah
- Stupid person, informally
More clues leading to the result PEABRAIN
More clues leading to the result CRETIN
- Vulgar person
- Obtuse one
- Blockhead
- Hardly a brainiac
- Stupid person
- Lout
- Backward person.
- One afflicted with lack of thyroid.
- Stunted person
- Mentally defective person
More clues leading to the result LUNK
More clues leading to the result OAF
- Clod
- Lout
- No genius
- Bull in a china shop, maybe
- Bumpkin
- Galoot
- Crude dude
- Unlikely ballet dancer
- Muttonhead
- Stumblebum
More clues leading to the result DUNCE
- <:`-(
- Dolt
- Brainiac's opposite
- Dork
- Numskull
- Conical-cap wearer
- Kind of cap
- Nincompoop
- Corner chair occupant
- One who may be capped in a corner
More clues leading to the result JACKASS
- Mule's papa
- Dolt
- Show of stupid stunts
- Mule's father
- Blockhead
- Donkey
- Laughing ___: kookaburra nickname
- Idiot
- Jenny's mate
- Fool
More clues leading to the result YOYO
- Inept one
- Dither
- Spinning toy
- Cellist Ma
- Thing on a string
- Spooled toy
- Duncan toy
- Be wildly unstable
- "Rock the cradle" toy
- Duncan product
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
More clues leading to the result JERK
- Pull hard
- Insufferable twit
- Jamaican dish
- Weightlifter's move
- Soda server
- Yank
- Dry in the sun, as strips of beef
- Creep
- Weightlifting exercise
- Idiot
More clues leading to the result DORK
More clues leading to the result DIMWIT
- Dumbbell
- Blockhead
- Lamebrain
- Nincompoop
- No Einstein, this one
- Numbskull
- Doofus
- Knucklehead
- Not-too-bright sort
- Stupid one
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?