The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DODOS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Nitwits crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DODOS | 15 % | 5 |
| SIMPS | 15 % | 5 |
| DOLTS | 15 % | 5 |
| BOOBS | 15 % | 5 |
| ASSES | 11 % | 5 |
| SAPS | 7 % | 4 |
| BIRDBRAINS | 4 % | 10 |
| DOPES | 4 % | 5 |
| JERKS | 4 % | 5 |
| DULLARDS | 4 % | 8 |
| IDIOTS | 4 % | 6 |
| DOOFUSES | 4 % | 8 |
Why may DODOS be the right solution?
The term "dodos" is often used informally to refer to foolish or silly individuals, making it a fitting answer for the clue "Nitwits".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Nitwits
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- dimwit
- doofus
- half-wit
- saps
- idiots
- ignoramuses
- yahoos
- nincompoops
- numbskulls
- dolts
- boneheads
- lunatics
Crossword Answer definitions
DODOS noun- A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
- A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.
- Fried plantain.
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 DODOS
- Numbskulls
- Dummies
- Airheads
- Birds last seen in 1681
- Not the brightest birds
- Birds no more
- Dimwits
- Dull-witted sorts
- Long-gone birds
- Simpletons
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 DOLTS
- Simpletons
- Not exactly Einsteins
- Nitwits
- Lamebrains
- Boneheads
- Fools
- Dunderheads
- Half-wits
- Ignorant fools
- Oafs
More clues leading to the result BOOBS
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 BIRDBRAINS
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.
More clues leading to the result DULLARDS
- Dunderheads.
- Simpletons.
- Blockheads
- Intellectuals' opposites
- Numbskulls
- They're not very bright
- They're no brainiacs
- Nitwits
More clues leading to the result IDIOTS
- 2004 Bosox, to themselves?
- Fools
- Crackbrains
- Twits
- Numskulls
- Imbeciles
- Mental midgets
- Numbskulls
- No-brainers?
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