The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LANK , but the solution may also be RANGY which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in New York Times).
Long and lean crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LANK | 84 % | 4 |
| LANKY | 14 % | 5 |
| RANGY | 3 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Long and lean
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- slender
- slim
- thin
- slenderness
- fine
- sleek
- trim
- straight
- hairline
- thinness
- pinched
- thinner
Crossword Answer definitions
LANK verb- To become lank.
- Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
- Meagre, paltry, scant in quantity.
- (of hair) Straight and flat; thin and limp. (Often associated with being greasy.)
- Languid; drooping, slack.
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 LANK
- Long and lean
- Limp, of hair
- Slender
- Tall and thin
- Rangy
- Long and slender
- Unduly long and slender, as grass
- Lean
- Slender and thin
- Gaunt
More clues leading to the result LANKY
- Ungracefully thin
- Gangling
- Ungainly
- Like many Olympic high jumpers
- Like some long-limbed people
- Tall and spare
- Thin and rawboned
- Tall and thin
- Long-limbed
- Hardly obese