The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PROLIX which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2023.
Long-winded crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PROLIX | 36 % | 6 |
| GASSY | 21 % | 5 |
| VERBOSE | 15 % | 7 |
| WORDY | 13 % | 5 |
| TALKY | 8 % | 5 |
| GABBY | 3 % | 5 |
| BORE | 3 % | 4 |
| ALTERNATIVELYCONCISE | 3 % | 20 |
Why may PROLIX be the right solution?
The word "prolix" means using too many words or being overly verbose. It perfectly fits the clue "long-winded" because it describes someone or something that tends to talk or write in an excessively lengthy or wordy manner.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Long-winded
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- prolix
- verbose
- wordy
- tedious
- windy
- long-windedness
- long-windedly
- elaborate
- thorough
- lengthy
- drawn-out
- prolonged
Crossword Answer definitions
PROLIX adjective- Tediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details.
- Long; having great length.
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 PROLIX
- Wordy
- Long-winded
- Windy
- Far from laconic
- Extended to tedious length.
- Long and wordy.
- Verbose.
- Long-winded.
- Wordy.
- Verbose
More clues leading to the result GASSY
- Disturbed by wind?
- Full of hot air
- Tending to bloviate
- Verbose
- Yakking it up
- Talkative, slangily
- Bombastic
- Like a windbag
- Boastful
- Talkative
More clues leading to the result VERBOSE
- Wordy
- Long-winded
- Lengthy
- Like a motormouth
- Of too many words
- Loquacious.
- Talkative
- Prolix
- Anagram for 17 Across
- Denoting the style in which one might consider this clue to be written
More clues leading to the result WORDY
- Verbose
- Prolix
- Long, in a way
- Hardly terse
- Sorely in need of editing
- Rambling
- Inclined to ramble
- Longwinded
- Fond of using paragraphs when a sentence will do
- Prolix.
More clues leading to the result TALKY
- Rambling, as a play
- Loquacious
- Hardly mute
- Blathering
- Having too much dialogue.
- Prolix.
- Given to conversation.
- Verbose.
- Garrulous.
- Loquacious.
More clues leading to the result GABBY
- Loquacious
- Hayes of old westerns
- Like a chatterbox
- Horse-opera sidekick ____ Hayes
- Talkative
- Inclined to chatter: Colloq.
- Loquacious.
- Fond of chitchat.
- Chatty
- Long-winded
More clues leading to the result BORE
- Brought forth
- Induce yawning
- Put to sleep
- See 33A
- Predictable person
- Make a tunnel
- "A person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it," according to Henry Ford
- "It's such a ___ Being always Poor" (Langston Hughes)
- 20-Across, e.g., especially during solving
- Annoying drip