The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DEMURE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2020.
Modest crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DEMURE | 46 % | 6 |
| HUMBLE | 14 % | 6 |
| SMALLSCALE | 7 % | 10 |
| CHASTE | 7 % | 6 |
| UNASSUMING | 7 % | 10 |
| UNPREPOSSESSING | 4 % | 15 |
| FAMERESISTANT | 4 % | 13 |
| SIMPLE | 4 % | 6 |
| COY | 4 % | 3 |
| COMPOSERMUSSORGSKY | 4 % | 18 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Modest
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- humble
- demure
- unassuming
- meek
- minor
- unpretentious
- unostentatious
- simple
- inferior
- lowly
- coy
- shamefaced
Crossword Answer definitions
DEMURE verb- To look demurely.
- (usually of women) Quiet, modest, reserved, sober, or serious.
- Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.
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 DEMURE
More clues leading to the result HUMBLE
- Restrained
- Fourth in a series of Web postings
- Unpretentious
- Modest
- Not vain
- Unpretentious.
- Modest.
- After 38 Across
- Lowly
- Unassuming
More clues leading to the result SMALLSCALE
- Two-bit
- "1 inch = 25 miles," e.g.
- Modest in scope
- Limited in size or scope
- Limited
- Limited in scope
- Of limited extent
- Not broad
- Little
- Modest
More clues leading to the result CHASTE
- Pure
- Not loose
- Morally pure
- Uncorrupted
- Pure and virtuous
- Virtuous
- Squeaky clean
- Like a virgin
- Unspoiled
- Squeaky-clean
More clues leading to the result UNASSUMING
More clues leading to the result UNPREPOSSESSING
More clues leading to the result FAMERESISTANT
More clues leading to the result SIMPLE
- Not elaborate
- "Piece of cake!"
- Uncomplicated
- Like some arithmetic
- Like a piece of cake
- Not complicated
- Like some fractions or fractures
- Mere
- Unadorned
- Easy to do
More clues leading to the result COY
- Affectedly shy
- Quaintly shy
- Playing hard to get
- Playfully innocent
- Demure
- Far from forward
- Shy
- Flirtatiously shy
- Hard to pin down
- Affectedly demure