The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SCHMO , but the solution may also be SPASM which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Jerk crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SCHMO | 22 % | 5 |
| ASS | 14 % | 3 |
| SPASM | 9 % | 5 |
| YANK | 8 % | 4 |
| TUG | 4 % | 3 |
| IDIOT | 4 % | 5 |
| YOYO | 3 % | 4 |
| NERD | 3 % | 4 |
| SAP | 2 % | 3 |
| TWERP | 2 % | 5 |
| TIC | 2 % | 3 |
| MORON | 2 % | 5 |
| TWITCH | 2 % | 6 |
| SHMO | 2 % | 4 |
| DORK | 2 % | 4 |
| SCHMOE | 2 % | 6 |
| START | 2 % | 5 |
| DOPE | 1 % | 4 |
| BOOB | 1 % | 4 |
| TWIT | 1 % | 4 |
| BOB | 1 % | 3 |
| SOANDSO | 1 % | 7 |
| WREST | 1 % | 5 |
| NIMROD | 1 % | 6 |
| CREEP | 1 % | 5 |
| BOZO | 1 % | 4 |
| DODO | 1 % | 4 |
| CAD | 1 % | 3 |
| HEEL | 0 % | 4 |
| NINNY | 0 % | 5 |
| DUMDUM | 0 % | 6 |
| SCHLEMIEL | 0 % | 9 |
| DOOFUS | 0 % | 6 |
| JACKASS | 0 % | 7 |
| KNUCKLEHEAD | 0 % | 11 |
| WRENCH | 0 % | 6 |
| NITWIT | 0 % | 6 |
| HITCH | 0 % | 5 |
| DUNCE | 0 % | 5 |
| LOSER | 0 % | 5 |
Why may ASS be the right solution?
The answer "ASS" is the right solution for the clue "Jerk" because "ass" is a slang term for a rude or obnoxious person.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Jerk
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- yank
- flick
- tug
- jolt
- flip
- hitch
- dork
- twitch
- buck
- rate of acceleration
- bump
- tosser
Crossword Answer definitions
SCHMO noun- A stupid or obnoxious person.
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 SCHMO
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 SPASM
- Burst of emotion
- Crick in the neck, e.g.
- Involuntary contraction
- Leg cramp
- Leg cramp, e.g.
- Sudden contraction
- Big jerk
- Outburst
- Throe
- Twitch
More clues leading to the result YANK
- Jerk
- Pull out
- Ruth or Mantle, for short
- Northerner
- Pull firmly
- Pull quickly
- Quick tug
- Pull teeth
- Sharp tug
- Tug
More clues leading to the result TUG
- Harbor vessel
- Harbor sight
- Pull (on)
- Small tower
- Harbor hauler
- Strain at
- Big jerk
- Boat
- Harbor boat
- Small boat
More clues leading to the result IDIOT
- Dostoyevsky's "The __"
- Dunderhead
- __ savant
- __-proof (easy to operate)
- Bonehead
- Lamebrain
- Mooncalf
- Nincompoop
- Doofus
- Shit-for-brains
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 NERD
- Black-sock wearer in gym, perhaps
- Dork
- Dweeb
- Overly bookish sort
- Pocket-protector wearer, perhaps
- Quirky character
- Geek
- High-school misfit
- High-school outcast
- Pocket-protector wearer
More clues leading to the result SAP
More clues leading to the result TWERP
More clues leading to the result TIC
- Spasm
- Twitch
- Quirk
- Annoying facial movement
- Half a miniature mint?
- Jitter
- Can be facial
- Muscle spasm
- Muscular contraction
- Personal quirk
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 TWITCH
- Jerk rapidly
- Muscle spasm
- Nose wiggle
- Jerk
- Jerk.
- Sudden, quick jerk.
- Sudden, quick pull.
- Reaction to a really bad pun
- Spasm
- Streaming platform for peterparkTV
More clues leading to the result SHMO
- Yiddish jerk (var.)
- Nudnik
- Doofus (var.)
- Loser
- Bumbling sort
- Oaf
- Dullard
- Foolish person
- Nerd: Var.
- Jerk: Var.
More clues leading to the result DORK
More clues leading to the result SCHMOE
More clues leading to the result START
- Kick off
- Square one
- Begin
- Open
- Set in motion
- Appropriate word here?
- Hit the trail
- Select neighbor, on old controllers
- Instructions, part 3
- Set moving
More clues leading to the result DOPE
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?
More clues leading to the result TWIT
More clues leading to the result BOB
- Fast Feller
- Float like a cork
- Cut short
- Horse trainer Baffert
- Pavement drummer Nastanovich
- Shilling
- Go for apples
- Short cut
- Partner of weave
- Seger or Saget
More clues leading to the result SOANDSO
- Nobody in particular
- Real S.O.B.
- Unnamed person
- Son of a gun
- Scoundrel
- Blankety-blank
- Skunk
- Minced epithet
- What's-his-name
- Dirty rat
More clues leading to the result WREST
- Take forcefully
- Take by force
- Pull (from)
- Forcibly take
- Appropriate by force
- Yank away
- Take away
- Take away forcibly
- Seize by force
- Seize forcibly
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 CREEP
- Move like ivy
- Repulsive one
- Watergate acronym
- Facebook stalker, e.g.
- Rush-hour pace
- Grow along the ground
- Lowlife
- Scoundrel
- Dirty rotten scoundrel
- Cad
More clues leading to the result BOZO
- Larry Harmon creation
- Fool
- Red-haired clown
- TV clown
- Many a politician
- Dummkopf
- Nimrod
- Yahoo
- Dunce
- Clown handle
More clues leading to the result DODO
More clues leading to the result CAD
- Baddie
- Rotter
- Roue
- Scoundrel
- Unprincipled fellow
- Neer-do-well
- He's probably not Mr. Right
- Philanderer
- What many an ex of mine turned out to be
- Bad guest
More clues leading to the result HEEL
- Command to Fido
- Blackguard
- Shoe support
- Bounder
- Command to a dog
- Pump part
- Contemptible one
- Hover à la Rover
- Cad
- Crusty end of a loaf
More clues leading to the result NINNY
More clues leading to the result DUMDUM
More clues leading to the result SCHLEMIEL
More clues leading to the result DOOFUS
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 KNUCKLEHEAD
More clues leading to the result WRENCH
- Nut turner
- Bolt turner
- Tool for a monkey?
- A type of one begins the answers to starred clues
- Mechanic's tool
- Plumber's tool.
- Tool.
- Jerk
- Twister?
- Twist badly
More clues leading to the result NITWIT
More clues leading to the result HITCH
- Trailer need
- Snag
- 2005 Will Smith romcom
- Stint in the army
- Small obstacle
- Unforeseen obstacle
- Without a ___ (problem-free)
- Knot that's easily loosened
- Thumb
- Pull (up), as pants
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