The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TRASH , but the solution may also be TOSS which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Junk crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TRASH | 28 % | 5 |
| SCRAP | 24 % | 5 |
| SCHLOCK | 11 % | 7 |
| REFUSE | 9 % | 6 |
| DEEPSIX | 7 % | 7 |
| TOSS | 4 % | 4 |
| DRECK | 4 % | 5 |
| CAN | 2 % | 3 |
| BOAT | 2 % | 4 |
| CRAP | 2 % | 4 |
| SHIP | 2 % | 4 |
| HEROIN | 2 % | 6 |
| WASTE | 2 % | 5 |
Why may TOSS be the right solution?
The word "toss" can mean to discard or get rid of something, which is similar in meaning to the word "junk".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Junk
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- trash
- debris
- detritus
- scrap
- shit
- rubble
- dust
- heroin
- horse
- smack
- diacetyl morphine
- h
Crossword Answer definitions
TRASH noun- Useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
- A container into which things are discarded.
- Something worthless or of poor quality.
- People of low social status or class. (See, for example, white trash or Eurotrash.)
- A fan who is excessively obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks.
- Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.
- A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game.
- To discard.
- To make into a mess.
- To beat soundly in a game.
- To disrespect someone or something
- To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop.
- To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush.
- To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously.
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 TRASH
- Dumpster filler
- Badmouth
- Odds and ends
- Ransack, slangily
- Refuse
- Rightmost item on a dock, often
- Treat shoddily, as a hotel room
- Valueless stuff you can make a living collecting
- Vandalize
- Junk
More clues leading to the result SCRAP
More clues leading to the result SCHLOCK
- Flea market junk
- Cheesy stuff
- Trashy merchandise
- Shoddy goods
- Inferior merchandise
- Cheap: Slang
- Junk
- Borax
- Cheap stuff
- Low-grade merchandise
More clues leading to the result REFUSE
More clues leading to the result DEEPSIX
- Jettison, as office paper
- Throw out
- Throw overboard
- Get rid of, slangily
- Get rid of
- Junk
- Toss out
- Toss
- Dump
- Chuck
More clues leading to the result TOSS
- Flip of a coin
- Chuck
- Mix, in a way
- Ref's pregame duty
- Sleep restlessly
- Turn's partner
- Call heads or tails
- Have a restless night
- Not sleep peacefully
- Fling
More clues leading to the result DRECK
- Tommyrot
- Junk
- Rubbish
- Stuff of inferior quality
- Worthless stuff
- Worthless trash
- Inferior merchandise
- Schlock
- Shoddy stuff
- Junk, from Yiddish
More clues leading to the result CAN
- Food holder
- Lay off
- Fire
- Pantry item
- Preserve
- Dismiss
- Issue walking papers to
- Recyclable item
- Recycled item
- Soup unit
More clues leading to the result BOAT
- Gravy dish
- Open water-craft
- Gravy container
- Word with dream or gravy
- Bark or punt
- Skiff
- Gravy server
- Gravy holder
- Isle-dweller's transport
- Regatta member
More clues leading to the result CRAP
- "Sucks for me!"
- "Dammit!"
- Junk
- Renege, slangily, with "out"
- Roll an untimely seven, with "out"
- Losing casino roll
- Lose at the table, with "out"
- Seven (out)
- Game popular after payday.
- Two aces GI Joe doesn't like.
More clues leading to the result SHIP
- "Shape up or __ out!"
- Send
- Titanic, for one
- Spacecraft
- Use FedEx, say
- Deck's location
- Dispatch
- Drop off at FedEx Office, perhaps
- Frigate, for one
- Swell vehicle?
More clues leading to the result HEROIN
- Illegal stuff
- Illegal substance
- "Trainspotting" subject
- Speedball ingredient
- Drug.
- Narcotic.
- Derivative of morphine.
- Diamorphine.
- Narcotic
- Narc's concern