The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SCRUB which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
No first-stringer crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SCRUB | 100 % | 5 |
Why may SCRUB be the right solution?
In sports, first-stringers are the best players on a team who start the game. A "scrub" is a player who is not good enough to be a first-stringer and is usually on the bench or relegated to a lower league. Therefore, "No first-stringer" can be interpreted as "not a good player" and "scrub" fits this definition.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: No first-stringer
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- box
- glass
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Crossword Answer definitions
SCRUB noun- One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
- One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
- A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant
- (stock breeding) One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc. Often used to refer to male animals unsuited for breeding.
- Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.
- One not on the first team of players; a substitute.
- Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
- An instance of scrubbing.
- A cancellation.
- A worn-out brush.
- One who scrubs.
- (in the plural) Clothing worn while performing surgery.
- (by extension, in the plural) Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers).
- An exfoliant for the body.
- To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening
- To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour
- To be diligent and penurious
- To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.
- To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets
- (audio) To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system.
- (audio, video) To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.
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