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 |
| SIMPS | 4 % | 5 |
| MORONS | 4 % | 6 |
| BONEHEADS | 2 % | 9 |
| SCHMUCKS | 2 % | 8 |
| SCHMOES | 2 % | 7 |
| OAFS | 2 % | 4 |
| NINNIES | 2 % | 7 |
| DIPS | 2 % | 4 |
| BOZOS | 2 % | 5 |
| DIMWITS | 2 % | 7 |
| DOPES | 2 % | 5 |
| JERKS | 2 % | 5 |
| BOOBIES | 2 % | 7 |
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 SIMPS
- Nitwits
- Foolish sorts
- Nincompoops
- Fools
- Foolish fellows
- Ninnies
- Dimwits
- Chuckleheads
- Foolish ones
- Dumb bunnies.
More clues leading to the result MORONS
More clues leading to the result BONEHEADS
More clues leading to the result SCHMUCKS
More clues leading to the result SCHMOES
More clues leading to the result OAFS
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 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 BOZOS
More clues leading to the result DIMWITS
More clues leading to the result DOPES
- Blockheads
- Gets laced before lacing up?
- Chowderheads
- Knuckleheads
- Chuckleheads
- Dimwits
- Simpletons
- Ninnies
- Dunderheads
- Geese
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.