The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LOSER , but the solution may also be ODDDUCK which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Misfit crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LOSER | 28 % | 5 |
| ROUNDSQUAREPEGHOLE | 11 % | 18 |
| NERD | 11 % | 4 |
| SQUAREPEG | 11 % | 9 |
| ODDMANOUT | 6 % | 9 |
| AFISHOUTOFWATER | 6 % | 15 |
| FIFTHWHEEL | 6 % | 10 |
| FISHOUTOFWATER | 6 % | 14 |
| ODDDUCK | 6 % | 7 |
| BLACKSHEEP | 6 % | 10 |
| SPEG | 6 % | 4 |
Why may ODDDUCK be the right solution?
"ODDDUCK" is a play on words where "ODD" means unusual or strange and "DUCK" is a type of bird. So, "Misfit" is a good clue for "ODDDUCK" because it describes someone or something that doesn't fit in or is different from the norm.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Misfit
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- outcast
- outcasts
- maladjusted
- malcontented
- malcontent
- weirdo
- oddball
- loner
- troublemaker
- slacker
- renegade
- oddballs
Crossword Answer definitions
LOSER noun- A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive.
- Something of poor quality.
- A person who is frequently unsuccessful in life.
- A contemptible or unfashionable person.
- One who or that which loses something, such as extra weight, car keys, etc.
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 LOSER
- "The Born __"
- Consistent failure
- Wanderer
- Hardly a winner
- He has lots of sour-grapes?
- Jenny Craig fan
- Short-straw drawer
- Beck single of 1993
- Beck's breakout single
- Early Beck single
More clues leading to the result ROUNDSQUAREPEGHOLE
More clues leading to the result NERD
- Black-sock wearer in gym, perhaps
- Dork
- Dweeb
- Overly bookish sort
- Pocket-protector wearer, perhaps
- Quirky character
- Geek
- High-school misfit
- High-school outcast
- Pocket-protector wearer
More clues leading to the result SQUAREPEG
- Part of a bad fit
- Figurative misfit, with
- *Nonconformist, idiomatically
- Apt username for Margaret, the geometry teacher?
- Part of a poor match, maybe
- Misfit.
- It's not meant for a 3-Down
- Potential misfit
- Something that's hardly fitting?
- Misfit
More clues leading to the result ODDMANOUT
- Guy not fitting in
- 1947 James Mason thriller
- One who doesn't fit
- Elimination method
- Fifth wheel
- AMOUNT
- One not fitting in
- Process of elimination
- Square peg
- One who doesn't fit in
More clues leading to the result AFISHOUTOFWATER
- Misfit
- Someone in unfamiliar surroundings, figuratively
- Misfit, proverbially
- Crocodile Dundee in Manhattan, say
- One no longer in his comfort zone
- One who doesn't fit in
- Person in unfamiliar surroundings
- Misplaced person.
- 4-, 7- or 10-Down?
- Misfit, in a phrase
More clues leading to the result FIFTHWHEEL
- Useful type of hitch in a pickup truck, or an undesired part of a social circle
- Unwanted thing
- *Double-date extra
- Superfluous individual
- Based on the ends of 17-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across, unwanted thing that this puzzle lacks
- Superfluous part
- Somebody superfluous.
- Superfluous one.
- Superfluous person
- Unwanted tagalong
More clues leading to the result FISHOUTOFWATER
- Misfit
- One in an unfamiliar situation
- Perch on the rocks?
- Displaced person
- One floundering in strange surroundings
More clues leading to the result ODDDUCK
More clues leading to the result BLACKSHEEP
- Undesirable family member
- Wool owner of rhyme
- Ne'er-do-well
- Family scapegrace.
- Scapegrace.
- Prodigal son
- Prodigal son, e.g.
- Deviant in a group
- Smears tar on a Dickens character?
- Family pariah