The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SLYEST , but the solution may also be COYEST which is one of the most recent solution (2014 in LA Times).
Least straightforward crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SLYEST | 25 % | 6 |
| TRICKIEST | 25 % | 9 |
| COYEST | 25 % | 6 |
| SLIEST | 25 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Least straightforward
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- complex
- open
- simpler
- square
- artful
- candid
- devious
- direct
- directing
- directionally
- directly
- disingenuous
Crossword Answer definitions
SLYEST adjective- Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
- (having a positive sense) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
- Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
- Light or delicate; slight; thin.
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 SLYEST
- Most cunning
- Least straightforward
- Most ingenious
- Most roguish
- Most vulpine in a way
- Most guileful
- Most like a fox
- Hardest to catch
- Most insidious
- Most underhanded
More clues leading to the result TRICKIEST
More clues leading to the result COYEST
- Most reserved
- Flirtatious to the max
- Most modest
- Most shy
- Most coquettish
- Coquettish to the max
- Like the most subtle of flirts
- Least straightforward
- Maximally shrinking
- Least forthcoming