The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DRIER which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Less interesting crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DRIER | 60 % | 5 |
| DULLER | 20 % | 6 |
| STALER | 20 % | 6 |
Why may DRIER be the right solution?
"DRIER" is the right solution because when something is "less interesting," it is lacking in excitement or engagement, similar to how something that is "drier" has less moisture or wetness. Both terms indicate a decrease or lack of a certain quality.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Less interesting
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- dull
- boring
- unexciting
- blah
- bored
- boredom
- bore
- ennui
- borer
- sigh
- tedium
- dullness
Crossword Answer definitions
DRIER noun- One who, or that which, dries; a desiccative.
- A household appliance that removes the water from clothing by accelerating evaporation, usually though heat and a tumbling motion.
- An electric hair dryer.
- Any other device or substance, household or industrial, designed to remove water or humidity.
- A catalyst used to promote the drying of paints and varnishes by oxidative crosslinking.
- Free from or lacking moisture.
- Unable to produce a liquid, as water, oil, or (farming) milk.
- Built without or lacking mortar.
- Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
- Athirst, eager.
- Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
- Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
- Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:
- (somewhat derogatory) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
- (of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects.
- Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
- Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
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 DRIER
- With less moisture
- Cracking more, say
- Less moist
- Less rainy
- Less sweet, at a wine tasting
- Like a cabernet vis-à-vis a merlot, usually
- Less humid
- Moisture remover
- More in need of a drink
- Not as wet
More clues leading to the result DULLER
- Less shiny
- Less likely to be read
- More like dishwater
- Not so sharp
- Not as sharp
- Not as bright
- More boring
- More insipid
- Less sharp
- Less bright