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 |
| SCHMOE | 2 % | 6 |
| START | 2 % | 5 |
| MORON | 2 % | 5 |
| TWITCH | 2 % | 6 |
| SHMO | 2 % | 4 |
| DORK | 2 % | 4 |
| BOB | 1 % | 3 |
| SOANDSO | 1 % | 7 |
| DOPE | 1 % | 4 |
| BOOB | 1 % | 4 |
| TWIT | 1 % | 4 |
| DODO | 1 % | 4 |
| CAD | 1 % | 3 |
| WREST | 1 % | 5 |
| NIMROD | 1 % | 6 |
| CREEP | 1 % | 5 |
| BOZO | 1 % | 4 |
| KNUCKLEHEAD | 0 % | 11 |
| WRENCH | 0 % | 6 |
| NITWIT | 0 % | 6 |
| HITCH | 0 % | 5 |
| DUNCE | 0 % | 5 |
| LOSER | 0 % | 5 |
| HEEL | 0 % | 4 |
| NINNY | 0 % | 5 |
| DUMDUM | 0 % | 6 |
| SCHLEMIEL | 0 % | 9 |
| DOOFUS | 0 % | 6 |
| JACKASS | 0 % | 7 |
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
More clues leading to the result LOSER
- "The Born __"
- Consistent failure
- Wanderer
- Hardly a winner
- He has lots of sour-grapes?
- Jenny Craig fan
- Short-straw drawer
- Beck single of 1993
- Beck's breakout single
- Early Beck single
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