The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DRAB , but the solution may also be HO-HUM which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Lackluster crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DRAB | 40 % | 4 |
| BLAH | 14 % | 4 |
| DULL | 13 % | 4 |
| SOSO | 5 % | 4 |
| ANEMIC | 4 % | 6 |
| INSIPID | 4 % | 7 |
| HOHUM | 3 % | 5 |
| FLAT | 3 % | 4 |
| PROSY | 3 % | 5 |
| PALE | 1 % | 4 |
| GLASSY | 1 % | 6 |
| MATTE | 1 % | 5 |
| HO-HUM | 1 % | 6 |
| DREARY | 1 % | 6 |
| COLORLESS | 1 % | 9 |
| TAME | 1 % | 4 |
| BLAND | 1 % | 5 |
| VAPID | 1 % | 5 |
| TEPID | 1 % | 5 |
Why may HOHUM be the right solution?
The word "HOHUM" means dull or lacking excitement, which is synonymous with the word "lackluster."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Lackluster
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lacklustre
- dull
- lusterless
- lustreless
- mediocre
- sluggish
- weak
- muted
- poor
- shaky
- drab
- lifeless
Crossword Answer definitions
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 DRAB
- Dreary
- Lacking pizazz
- Like khaki
- Lackluster
- Far from colorful
- Blah
- Completely blah
- Dull-looking
- Humdrum
- Not so colorful
More clues leading to the result BLAH
- Lacking panache
- Mediocre
- Worthless nonsense
- Bor-r-ring
- Ho-hum
- "Yeah, whatever"
- Dull
- Uninspired
- Humdrum
- Boring
More clues leading to the result DULL
- Blunt
- In need of honing
- Lackluster
- Yawn-provoking
- Snooze-worthy
- Jejune
- Far from bright
- Blah
- Like some aches
- Ho-hum
More clues leading to the result SOSO
- Average
- Fair to middling
- Fair-to-middling
- Just passable
- Just passing
- Not bad
- Okay, sort of
- Pair to middling
- Fair to mlddling
- No great shakes
More clues leading to the result ANEMIC
- Weak
- Not vital
- Etiolated
- Hardly robust
- Feeble
- Lacking zip
- Far from robust
- Taking ferrous sulfate, perhaps
- Not robust
- Iron-poor
More clues leading to the result INSIPID
More clues leading to the result HOHUM
- Dull
- "Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt"
- Blah
- Lackluster
- Unexciting
- Utterly unremarkable
- Boring
- Run-of-the-mill
- Unstimulating
- So-so
More clues leading to the result FLAT
- Fizzless
- London apartment
- Puncture consequence
- Stale
- Airless tire
- Musical symbol
- Lacking fizz
- Trip delayer
- Word with screen or cap
- Apartment
More clues leading to the result PROSY
- Matter-of-fact
- Lacking wit
- Matter-of-fact, as text
- Lacking imagination
- Unpoetic
- Commonplace
- Like plain writing
- Hardly poetic
- Tedious
- Dull and boring
More clues leading to the result PALE
- Color deficient
- Whitish in complexion
- Ashen
- Hardly rosy-cheeked
- Lighten up?
- Like Andy Warhol
- "____ Rider"
- 1985 Clint Eastward western, "____ Rider"
- Deficient in color
- Lacking color
More clues leading to the result GLASSY
- Like some stares
- Like the eyes of one dazed
- Vacant, as a stare
- Expressionless
- Dull or lifeless
- __-eyed: expressionless
- Dull, as a stare
- Vitreous.
- Dull, unseeing.
- Mirrorlike.
More clues leading to the result MATTE
- Paint finish
- Photo finish
- Lacking luster
- Lusterless
- Make-up finish
- Flat finish
- Dull finish
- Not glossy
- Lusterless finish
- Dull-surfaced, as paper
More clues leading to the result HO-HUM
More clues leading to the result DREARY
- Like a rainy day
- Cheerless
- Humdrum
- Lacking in liveliness
- Tedious
- Depressive
- Like a dismal day
- Gloomy
- Dismal
- Not all that bright
More clues leading to the result COLORLESS
More clues leading to the result TAME
- Like a house pet
- Subdue
- Domesticated
- Unresisting
- Do some circus work
- Docile
- Break
- Unlikely to bite
- Make the wild mild
- G-rated
More clues leading to the result BLAND
- Tasteless
- Vapid
- Family name in "Eating Raoul"
- Like plain tofu or vanilla
- Wishy-washy
- Totally vanilla
- Rather tasteless
- Flat-tasting
- Like baby food
- Unseasoned