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 |
| CHUCKLEHEAD | 1 % | 11 |
| DORK | 1 % | 4 |
| BOOBY | 1 % | 5 |
| LAMEBRAIN | 1 % | 9 |
| HEAD | 1 % | 4 |
| DIMWIT | 1 % | 6 |
| BIRDBRAIN | 1 % | 9 |
| SAPHEAD | 1 % | 7 |
| SOFTHEAD | 1 % | 8 |
| MORON | 1 % | 5 |
| NINNY | 1 % | 5 |
| YUTZ | 1 % | 4 |
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 CHUCKLEHEAD
More clues leading to the result DORK
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 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 DIMWIT
- Dumbbell
- Blockhead
- Lamebrain
- Nincompoop
- No Einstein, this one
- Numbskull
- Doofus
- Knucklehead
- Not-too-bright sort
- Stupid one
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 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