The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SUBS , but the solution may also be BTEAM which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Nonstarters crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SUBS | 60 % | 4 |
| LEMONS | 20 % | 6 |
| BTEAM | 20 % | 5 |
Why may BTEAM be the right solution?
The term "B-team" refers to a secondary group or backup team, implying that they are not the starters or main team. Therefore, "Nonstarters?" is a clever wordplay clue that hints at the answer "BTEAM".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Nonstarters
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- failure
- loser
- unsuccessful person
- nonentities
- noncore
- nonproduction
- nonperforming
- nonoperational
- nonrated
- nonproductive
- nonfunctioning
- nonperformance
Crossword Answer definitions
SUBS noun- A submarine.
- A submarine sandwich: a sandwich made on a long bun.
- A substitute, often in sports.
- (often in plural) A subscription: a payment made for membership of a club, etc.
- A subtitle.
- A subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does).
- A subeditor.
- A subcontractor.
- (BDSM) A submissive.
- A subordinate.
- A subaltern.
- A subscription (or (by extension) a subscriber) to an online channel or feed.
- Subsistence money: part of a worker's wages paid before the work is finished.
- To substitute for.
- To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
- To replace (a player) with a substitute.
- Less commonly, and often as sub on, to bring on (a player) as a substitute.
- To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
- To lend.
- To subscribe.
- (BDSM) To take a submissive role.
- To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.
- To prepare (a slide) with a layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.
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 SUBS
- Battleship pieces
- Long lunches?
- Reserves on the bench
- Classroom stand-ins
- Benchwarmers
- Second-stringers
- Those on the bench
- Heroes
- Some foot-longs
- Pinch hitters
More clues leading to the result LEMONS
- Clunky cars
- They often have breakdowns
- Lousy cars
- Slot machine fruit
- More of the advice
- Duds in a lot
- Lots of duds in lots
- Clunkers
- Duds
- Defective cars