Answer to "Nonstarter" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word SUB which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2022.

Nonstarter crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SUB	50 %	3
NOGO	33 %	4
LEMON	17 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Nonstarter

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• failure
• loser
• unsuccessful person
• non-starter
• no-goer
• no-hoper
• no use
• dead duck
• unsuccess
• unhopeful
• no-win situation
• disaster waiting to happen

Crossword Answer definitions

SUB noun

1. A submarine.
2. A submarine sandwich: a sandwich made on a long bun.
3. A substitute, often in sports.
4. (often in plural) A subscription: a payment made for membership of a club, etc.
5. A subtitle.
6. A subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does).
7. A subeditor.
8. A subcontractor.
9. (BDSM) A submissive.
10. A subordinate.
11. A subaltern.
12. A subscription (or (by extension) a subscriber) to an online channel or feed.
13. Subsistence money: part of a worker's wages paid before the work is finished.

SUB verb

1. To substitute for.
2. To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
3. To replace (a player) with a substitute.
4. Less commonly, and often as sub on, to bring on (a player) as a substitute.
5. To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
6. To lend.
7. To subscribe.
8. (BDSM) To take a submissive role.

SUB verb

1. To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.
2. To prepare (a slide) with a layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.

SUB preposition

1. Under.

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 SUB

• Deli offering
• Temp. teacher
• Deli order, sometimes
• Hero
• Lunch that requires two hands
• Bench-warmer
• Grinder's kin
• Stand-in
• "Nautilus," for one
• Second-stringer

More clues leading to the result NOGO

• Aborted launch
• Canceled
• Canceled, to NASA
• Canceled, NASA-style
• Nixed by NASA
• Nix for 32 Across
• Thumbs-down at NASA
• Mission-scrapping words
• Forbidden
• NASA negative

More clues leading to the result LEMON

• Iced-tea add-in
• Ade juice
• Ade variety
• Detroit dud
• Problematic car
• Symbol of sourness
• A real dud
• Water garnish
• Auto freshener option
• Subject of many a "Car Talk" call