The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word ASS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2025.
Nincompoop crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ASS | 27 % | 3 |
| TWIT | 18 % | 4 |
| IDIOT | 10 % | 5 |
| BOOB | 7 % | 4 |
| SCHMO | 6 % | 5 |
| BOZO | 6 % | 4 |
| DOLT | 4 % | 4 |
| SIMP | 3 % | 4 |
| DODO | 3 % | 4 |
| OAF | 2 % | 3 |
| DUNCE | 2 % | 5 |
| DOPE | 2 % | 4 |
| SAP | 1 % | 3 |
| TOTALIDIOT | 1 % | 10 |
| FOOL | 1 % | 4 |
| CLOD | 1 % | 4 |
| BOOBY | 1 % | 5 |
| CHUCKLEHEAD | 1 % | 11 |
| DORK | 1 % | 4 |
| DIMWIT | 1 % | 6 |
| LAMEBRAIN | 1 % | 9 |
| HEAD | 1 % | 4 |
| BIRDBRAIN | 1 % | 9 |
| SAPHEAD | 1 % | 7 |
| SOFTHEAD | 1 % | 8 |
| YUTZ | 1 % | 4 |
| MORON | 1 % | 5 |
| NINNY | 1 % | 5 |
Why may ASS be the right solution?
"Ass" is a slang term that can be used to describe a foolish or stupid person, which is synonymous with "nincompoop."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Nincompoop
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ninny
- poop
- boob
- oaf
- dope
- ass
- dodo
- windbag
- numskulls
- moralizer
- jackanapes
- numskull
Crossword Answer definitions
ASS noun- Any of several species of horse-like animals, especially Equus asinus, the domesticated of which are used as beasts of burden.
- A stupid person.
- Buttocks.
- Sex.
- Anus.
- Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.
- Used after an adjective to indicate extremes or excessiveness.
- (metonymy) One's self or person, chiefly their body.
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 ASS
- Balaam's beast
- Balaam's mount
- Beast of burden
- Burdened beast
- Donkey
- Mule's father
- Dolt
- Stubborn one
- Stupid one
- Total idiot
More clues leading to the result TWIT
More clues leading to the result IDIOT
- Dostoyevsky's "The __"
- Dunderhead
- __ savant
- __-proof (easy to operate)
- Bonehead
- Lamebrain
- Mooncalf
- Nincompoop
- Doofus
- Shit-for-brains
More clues leading to the result BOOB
- Dunce
- Ninny
- Numbskull
- Awkward one
- Knocker
- Nursing need
- Side-___ (something that's apparently highly newsworthy to the Huffington Post)
- Side-___ (sight with a loose-fitting top)
- Dumb cluck
- Tube devotee?
More clues leading to the result SCHMO
More clues leading to the result BOZO
- Larry Harmon creation
- Fool
- Red-haired clown
- TV clown
- Many a politician
- Dummkopf
- Nimrod
- Yahoo
- Dunce
- Clown handle
More clues leading to the result DOLT
More clues leading to the result SIMP
More clues leading to the result DODO
More clues leading to the result OAF
- Clod
- Lout
- No genius
- Bull in a china shop, maybe
- Bumpkin
- Galoot
- Crude dude
- Unlikely ballet dancer
- Muttonhead
- Stumblebum
More clues leading to the result DUNCE
- <:`-(
- Dolt
- Brainiac's opposite
- Dork
- Numskull
- Conical-cap wearer
- Kind of cap
- Nincompoop
- Corner chair occupant
- One who may be capped in a corner
More clues leading to the result DOPE
More clues leading to the result SAP
More clues leading to the result TOTALIDIOT
More clues leading to the result FOOL
- Creamy dessert
- Blockhead
- April 1 victim
- "He who hesitates," per Mae West
- Idiot
- Meatball
- One who sits on a whoopee cushion
- Start of an eight-word stepquote
- Hoodwink
- Pull a prank on
More clues leading to the result CLOD
More clues leading to the result BOOBY
- Kind of prize or trap
- Nincompoop
- Blue-footed bird
- No rocket scientist
- Kind of trap or prize
- Word with trap or prize
- Word with hatch or prize
- Kind of trap
- __ prize
- __ prize (unenviable award)
More clues leading to the result CHUCKLEHEAD
More clues leading to the result DORK
More clues leading to the result DIMWIT
- Dumbbell
- Blockhead
- Lamebrain
- Nincompoop
- No Einstein, this one
- Numbskull
- Doofus
- Knucklehead
- Not-too-bright sort
- Stupid one
More clues leading to the result LAMEBRAIN
- No genius he
- Chucklehead
- Nincompoop
- Nitwit
- Numskull
- Expert in ornamental fabrics?
- Knucklehead
- Bozo or dodo
- The perfect fool
More clues leading to the result HEAD
- Lead
- Cabbage unit
- Enterprise lavatory
- Facilities, aboard ship
- Highest in rank
- John, at sea?
- Peruke support
- Hollywood designer, Edith
- Kind of start
- With 2D, a Hollywood designer
More clues leading to the result BIRDBRAIN
More clues leading to the result SAPHEAD
More clues leading to the result SOFTHEAD
More clues leading to the result YUTZ
More clues leading to the result MORON
- Dumbbell
- Empty head
- Rear view? (or ... dummy)
- Asshat
- Jerk
- Word coined by psychologist H.H. Goddard in 1910
- Egghead's opposite
- Butt of many a joke
- Dim bulb
- Imbecile