The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ASSES , but the solution may also be BONEHEADS which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Nincompoops crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ASSES | 24 % | 5 |
| SAPS | 20 % | 4 |
| TWITS | 16 % | 5 |
| FOOLS | 7 % | 5 |
| MORONS | 4 % | 6 |
| SIMPS | 4 % | 5 |
| NINNIES | 2 % | 7 |
| BOOBIES | 2 % | 7 |
| SCHMOES | 2 % | 7 |
| DIPS | 2 % | 4 |
| DIMWITS | 2 % | 7 |
| OAFS | 2 % | 4 |
| JERKS | 2 % | 5 |
| BOZOS | 2 % | 5 |
| BONEHEADS | 2 % | 9 |
| SCHMUCKS | 2 % | 8 |
| DOPES | 2 % | 5 |
Why may BONEHEADS be the right solution?
The word "nincompoops" is a slang term for foolish or stupid people. "Boneheads" is a similar slang term that means the same thing, making it a suitable answer for the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Nincompoops
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ninny
- poop
- asses
- boobs
- nitwits
- ignoramuses
- dolts
- numbskulls
- dunderheads
- idiots
- buffoons
- twerps
Crossword Answer definitions
ASSES 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.
- (unit of weight) A libra.
- Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
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 ASSES
- Dolts
- Fools
- Beasts of burden
- Ninnies
- Foolish ones
- Onagers
- Dumbbutts
- Thongs show them off
- Promoters try to put them in seats
- They may be shaken, but are rarely stirred, at the bar
More clues leading to the result SAPS
More clues leading to the result TWITS
- Blockheads
- Makes fun of
- Dumbbells
- Nincompoops
- Ninnies
- Foolish folk
- Buffoons
- Dweebs
- Insignificant people
- Bothersome types
More clues leading to the result FOOLS
- Jesters
- They rush in
- Takes in
- Bozos
- We mortals
- Ninnies
- No rocket scientists, they
- April honorees?
- April 1 prank victims
- They rush in where angels fear to tread
More clues leading to the result MORONS
More clues leading to the result SIMPS
- Nitwits
- Foolish sorts
- Nincompoops
- Fools
- Foolish fellows
- Ninnies
- Dimwits
- Chuckleheads
- Foolish ones
- Dumb bunnies.
More clues leading to the result NINNIES
- Chuckleheads
- Dummkopfs
- Saps
- Simpletons
- Dumb bunnies
- Boneheads
- Dodos
- Dunderheads.
- Intellectual dwarfs.
- Simpletons.
More clues leading to the result BOOBIES
More clues leading to the result SCHMOES
More clues leading to the result DIPS
- Baskin-Robbins servings
- Short swims
- Tango moves
- Servings of sorbet
- Pool quickies
- Crudités accompaniments
- Quick swims
- Brief swims
- Some price fluctuations
- Falls off
More clues leading to the result DIMWITS
More clues leading to the result OAFS
More clues leading to the result JERKS
- Sudden pulls
- They may be provoking
- Sudden moves
- Nincompoops
- Sudden movements
- Weight lifts
- Yanks
- They work at soda fountains.
- Pulls.
- Sudden tugs.