The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word POOR , but the solution may also be WORSE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Inferior crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| POOR | 19 % | 4 |
| LESSER | 15 % | 6 |
| WORSE | 10 % | 5 |
| LESS | 7 % | 4 |
| SHODDY | 7 % | 6 |
| SECONDRATE | 4 % | 10 |
| SECONDCLASS | 4 % | 11 |
| SAD | 3 % | 3 |
| THIRDRATE | 3 % | 9 |
| TRASHY | 2 % | 6 |
| CHEESY | 2 % | 6 |
| TWOBIT | 1 % | 6 |
| SUBPAR | 1 % | 6 |
| MEAN | 1 % | 4 |
| BENEATH | 1 % | 7 |
| SHABBY | 1 % | 6 |
| BAD | 1 % | 3 |
| LOUSY | 1 % | 5 |
| LOWGRADE | 1 % | 8 |
| JUNKY | 1 % | 5 |
| POORER | 1 % | 6 |
| ILL | 1 % | 3 |
| CRUDDY | 1 % | 6 |
| MINORLEAGUE | 1 % | 11 |
| SECONDBEST | 1 % | 10 |
| CHEAPO | 1 % | 6 |
| PUNY | 1 % | 4 |
| LOWLY | 1 % | 5 |
| MICKEYMOUSE | 1 % | 11 |
| CHEAP | 1 % | 5 |
| BELOW | 1 % | 5 |
| NOTUPTOSNUFF | 1 % | 12 |
| RINKYDINK | 1 % | 9 |
| SCRUB | 1 % | 5 |
| BARGAINBASEMENT | 1 % | 15 |
Why may WORSE be the right solution?
"WORSE" is the right answer because it means of lower quality or standard, which is synonymous with the word "inferior."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Inferior
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- substandard
- low-grade
- lowly
- low-level
- petty
- third-rate
- second-class
- shoddy
- poor
- small
- execrable
- mediocre
Crossword Answer definitions
POOR noun- (with "the") Those who have little or no possessions or money, taken as a group.
- With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
- Of low quality.
- Used to express pity.
- Deficient in a specified way.
- Inadequate, insufficient.
- Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
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 POOR
- Down-and-out
- Not so hot
- Badly off
- Hardly worth a D
- Lacking in value
- Less than good
- Standard's partner
- Far from the 1%
- Low-quality
- Second-rate
More clues leading to the result LESSER
- Like some Antilles
- ___ Antilles
- Smaller in quantity
- Minor
- Like one of two evils
- "Children of a ___ God"
- Second-rate
- Not so great
- Not as great
- Like the preferred evil?
More clues leading to the result WORSE
- Less desirable
- Less favorable
- More severe
- "For Better or __"
- Inferior
- A medic might tie one on
- Badder, more formally
- Closer to last
- Not as well
- Aggravated
More clues leading to the result LESS
- To a smaller degree
- Comparison word
- Minus
- "Make do" amount
- "__ is more"
- More's alternative
- Not as great
- Not so much
- Without
- More or ____
More clues leading to the result SHODDY
- Of inferior workmanship
- Not built to last
- Not built to code, say
- Jerry-built
- Poorly manufactured
- Poor, as workmanship
- Not built very well
- Likely to fall apart
- Cheap
- Inferior
More clues leading to the result SECONDRATE
- What non-prime borrowers get?
- Rather inferior
- Mediocre
- Inferior
- Fair, but not very good
- Inferior.
- Mediocre.
- Not up to par.
- Poor
- Of mediocre quality
More clues leading to the result SECONDCLASS
- Not of the highest quality
- Math, of English, Math, History and Biology?
- Inferior
- One way to travel.
- Not fully respected
More clues leading to the result SAD
More clues leading to the result THIRDRATE
- Bottom-of-the-barrel
- Inferior
- Decidedly inferior
- Not good at all
- Hardly the best
- Worse than mediocre.
- Definitely inferior.
- Junky
- Lousy
- Distinctly inferior
More clues leading to the result TRASHY
- Déclassé
- Worthless
- Like many direct-to-video movies
- Like schlock
- Inferior
- Like many tabloids
- In poor taste
- Like very cheap merchandise
- Inferior in quality
- Schlock
More clues leading to the result CHEESY
- Of poor quality
- Like nachos
- Inferior
- Rinky-dink
- Like some pizza
- Inferior, in slang
- Like Edam or Brie
- Like Welsh rabbit
- Like some fondue
- Not high-quality
More clues leading to the result TWOBIT
- Penny-ante
- Petty
- Inferior
- Small-time
- Cheesy
- Cheap
- Insignificant
- Costing a quarter, in slang
- Rinky-dink
- Unimportant
More clues leading to the result SUBPAR
- Inferior
- Not up to snuff
- Like Tiger Woods' scores
- Second-rate
- Below 71-Across
- Good in golf ... otherwise, not so much
- Poor
- Less than ideal
- Like a Masters round of 66
- Below normal level.
More clues leading to the result MEAN
- Average
- Cruel
- Intend
- Like football's Joe Greene
- Low-down and nasty
- Greenwich __ time
- Nasty
- __-spirited
- Low-down
- Downright nasty
More clues leading to the result BENEATH
- Inferior to
- Not as great
- Directly under
- Not worthy of
- Unworthy of
- Not good enough for
- Not over
- Unworthy of.
- At the foot of.
- Inferior
More clues leading to the result SHABBY
- Dilapidated
- Not well-kept
- Hardly well kept
- Neglected
- Seedy
- Unkempt
- Ramshackle
- Inferior
- "Not too __!": "Good work!"
- Not well maintained
More clues leading to the result BAD
- Adverse
- Below standard
- Michael Jackson smash
- Not good
- "___ Boys" (1983)
- "___ Moon Rising"
- Quite inadequate
- Rotten egg, e.g.
- Unfavorable
- Incorrect
More clues leading to the result LOUSY
- Not worth a darn
- Rife, slangily
- Inferior
- Wretchedly bad
- Rotten or contemptible
- Awful
- Rife, but not in a good way
- Crawling (with)
- Miserable
- Rotten
More clues leading to the result LOWGRADE
More clues leading to the result JUNKY
- Inferior
- Worthless
- Like many a jalopy
- Inferior in quality
- Worthy of being tossed
- Broken-down
- Like a jalopy
More clues leading to the result POORER
- Less fortunate
- Worse off
- Wedding-vow word
- Not so rich
- Not as flush
- More in need of social assistance
- Less well-off
- Not as good
- Less adequate
- More needy
More clues leading to the result ILL
- "__ Never Smile Again"
- Laid up
- Out of sorts
- Under the weather
- Feeling poorly
- Not healthy
- Not well
- Sick
- Ailing
- Hardly healthy
More clues leading to the result CRUDDY
- Inferior
- Disgustingly dirty
- Caked with dirt
- Far from splendiferous
- Pretty awful
- Badly made
- Caked with gunk
- All gunked up
More clues leading to the result MINORLEAGUE
- Inferior
- Second-rate
- Three miles of adolescents?
- Pawtucket's team plays in one
- See 40-Across
- Kiddie's pool?
More clues leading to the result SECONDBEST
- Nearly optimal
- Not quite tops
- Inferior.
- Kind of bed Shakespeare left to his wife.
- Out of the middle drawer
- What some people settle for
- Runner-up
- What a loser could only hope to be?
More clues leading to the result CHEAPO
- Inferior product
- Skinflint
- Shabbily made
- Inferior, slangily
- Penny pincher
- Bargain-basement, slangily
- Really inferior
- Dirty trick
- Miser, in slang
- Bargain-basement
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
More clues leading to the result LOWLY
- Humble
- Base
- Like Richard Scarry's worm
- Unpretentious
- "Life Among the __" (Stowe subtitle)
- Baseborn
- Menial
- On bended knee.
- Humble.
- Prideless.
More clues leading to the result MICKEYMOUSE
- Inferior
- Insignificant, slangily
- Rinky-dink
- Disney character
- Disneyland character
- Unimportant
- Disneyland meetable character*
- Disneyland meetable character
- Trivial
- Comic then and now.
More clues leading to the result CHEAP
- Like Jack Benny
- Not very dear
- Tightfisted
- Below wholesale
- "Talk is ___"
- Tight-fisted
- Like some thrills or shots
- Shabbily made
- Skinflinty
- Jack Benny-like
More clues leading to the result BELOW
- Downstairs, to Popeye
- In Hades
- To Hades
- In the basement
- Not on deck
- Downstairs
- "Look out __!"
- Inferior to
- Footnote location
- Under
More clues leading to the result NOTUPTOSNUFF
More clues leading to the result RINKYDINK
More clues leading to the result SCRUB
- Postpone the launch
- Second-stringer
- Swab
- Give a good cleaning
- Do the floors
- Clean with elbow grease
- Get ready for surgery
- Cancel, as a rocket launch
- Prepare for the O.R.
- Probable benchwarmer