The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STALE , but the solution may also be TRITE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Not fresh crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STALE | 51 % | 5 |
| USED | 9 % | 4 |
| TRITE | 9 % | 5 |
| OLD | 9 % | 3 |
| RANCID | 6 % | 6 |
| BANAL | 6 % | 5 |
| DATED | 3 % | 5 |
| CANNED | 3 % | 6 |
| DINGY | 3 % | 5 |
| FADED | 3 % | 5 |
Why may TRITE be the right solution?
The word "TRITE" means not fresh because it refers to something that is overused or lacking originality. It is a concise and fitting answer for the clue "Not fresh."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Not fresh
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- stale
- rancid
- putrid
- off
- sour
- rusty
- wait on
- corruption
- rotten
- putrefaction
- rot
- rancor
Crossword Answer definitions
STALE noun- Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.
- (of alcohol) To make stale; to age in order to clear and strengthen (a drink, especially beer).
- To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest of, particularly by excessive exposure or consumption.
- To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
- (alcohol) To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
- (alcohol) Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong.
- No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
- No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; cliche, hackneyed, dated.
- No longer nubile or suitable for marriage, in reference to people; past one's prime.
- Fallow, in reference to land.
- Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.
- Taking a long time to change
- Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.
- Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
- Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.
- A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.)
- The posts and rungs composing a ladder.
- The stem of a plant.
- The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.
- To make a ladder by joining rungs ("stales") between the posts.
- A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.
- A stalemate; a stalemated game.
- An ambush.
- A band of armed men or hunters.
- The main force of an army.
- To stalemate.
- To be stalemated.
- At a standstill; stalemated.
- (livestock) Urine, especially used of horses and cattle.
- (livestock) To urinate, especially used of horses and cattle.
- A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.
- Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.
- An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.
- A partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.
- A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another's (usu. sinister) designs; a stalking horse.
- A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.
- Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.
- To serve as a decoy, to lure.
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 STALE
- Like some jokes
- Old hat
- Best bread for stuffing
- Like an old joke
- Old and worn
- Like old bread
- Dried out
- Like jokes that kids enjoy, often
- Tired
- Banal
More clues leading to the result USED
- Not new
- Took advantage of
- "Pre-owned," in car ads
- Accustomed
- Depleted
- Kind of bookstore
- Played for a sap
- Pre-owned
- Previously owned
- Tag sale items, mostly
More clues leading to the result TRITE
- Hackneyed
- Unoriginal
- Overdone
- Uninspired
- Like cliches
- Overused
- Like hackneyed writing
- Stale
- Far from fresh
- Worn out by use
More clues leading to the result OLD
- Like Methuselah
- Like the hills?
- Passe
- __ Nick (Satan)
- Hardly a spring chicken
- Immemorial
- Like MacDonald
- On in years
- Out of fashion
- Pre-Columbian
More clues leading to the result RANCID
- Bad-tasting
- Foul-smelling
- Putrid
- Not palatable
- Like old butter
- Like bad butter
- Like bad milk
- Sour
- Stale-smelling
- Causing serious nose-wrinkling
More clues leading to the result BANAL
- Corny
- Trite
- Hackneyed
- Unoriginal
- Commonplace
- Extremely hokey
- Not the least bit fresh
- Insipid
- Like an old saw
- Unstimulating
More clues leading to the result DATED
- Old hat
- Took out
- Passe
- Against the current?
- Not terribly current
- Jarringly unmodern
- Behind the times
- Saw
- Saw socially
- Out of style
More clues leading to the result CANNED
- Kind of laughter
- Prepared in advance, in a way
- Not fresh
- Given the axe
- Kept around, or removed from one's presence
- Gave the boot
- Preserved, in a way
- Like some laughter
- Like most store-bought soups
- Like condensed milk
More clues leading to the result DINGY
- Gone to seed
- Dark, dull, and dirty
- Dirty-looking
- Not quite white anymore
- Dark and dreary
- Like a dive, so to speak
- Not at all bright
- Dull-colored
- Squalid
- Shabby