The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PEDANTIC which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2018.
Nit-picking crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PEDANTIC | 33 % | 8 |
| PETTY | 33 % | 5 |
| CAPTIOUS | 33 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Nit-picking
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- thorough
- detailed
- exhaustive
- nitpicking
- nitpick
- nitpicky
- nitpicker
- split hairs
- minutiae
- petty criticism
- cherry picking
- pedantic
Crossword Answer definitions
PEDANTIC adjective- Like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
- Being showy of one’s knowledge, often in a boring manner.
- Being finicky or fastidious, especially with language.
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 PEDANTIC
- Hung up on minor academic details
- Ostentatious, academically
- Doctrinaire
- Pretentious in one's teaching
- Ostentatious of learning.
- Overscholarly.
- Narrow-minded.
- Pretentiously learned.
- Schoolmasterish.
- Narrow-minded, as a teacher
More clues leading to the result PETTY
- Big name at Daytona
- Kind of cash or officer
- Super Bowl XLII halftime entertainer Tom
- Small-minded
- Kind of theft
- 7-time Winston Cup winner Richard
- Of little importance
- Of minor importance
- Tom who sang "Mary Jane's Last Dance"
- Picayune