The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CAVIL which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2017.
Nitpick crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CAVIL | 37 % | 5 |
| CARP | 27 % | 4 |
| SPLITHAIRS | 10 % | 10 |
| QUIBBLE | 10 % | 7 |
| DELOUSE | 7 % | 7 |
| NIGGLE | 7 % | 6 |
| FINDFAULT | 3 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Nitpick
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- carping
- pettifogging
- quibbling
- caviling
- critical
- pick fault
- pick holes
- pick at
- find fault
- nose-pick
- sharpshoot
- sweat the small stuff
Crossword Answer definitions
CAVIL noun- A petty or trivial objection or criticism.
- To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.
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 CAVIL
- Trivial thing
- Find fault unnecessarily
- Be petty
- Nitpick
- Find fault
- Nitpick incessantly
- Raise frivolous objections
- Find fault with unnecessarily
- Criticize
- Split hairs
More clues leading to the result CARP
- Find fault in a disagreeable way
- Freshwater catch
- Pond fish
- Bottom feeder
- Food fish
- Freshwater fish
- Find fault
- Complain
- Complain, like a fish?
- Beef
More clues leading to the result SPLITHAIRS
- Quibble
- Nitpick
- Be pedantic
- Be overly exact
- Make petty distinctions
- *Nitpick
- Nitpick, and what this puzzle's circled letters represent
- Make petty distinctions ... and what 17-, 23- and 49-Across literally do?
- Be overly petty
- Be too picky
More clues leading to the result QUIBBLE
More clues leading to the result DELOUSE
- Rid of parasites
- Throw the bums out?
- Free from vermin.
- Spray with DDT.
- Apply pediculicide
- Exterminate, in a way
- Use a pediculicide
- Nitpick?
- Get the bugs out of
- Nit pick?
More clues leading to the result NIGGLE
- Criticize in a petty way
- Nit pick
- Be a fussbudget
- Carp
- Be finicky
- Nitpick
- Work over trivia.
- Work fussily.
- Trifle
- Find fault