The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word OVOID , but the solution may also be OVATE which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Not perfectly round crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OVOID | 44 % | 5 |
| OVATE | 33 % | 5 |
| OVOIDAL | 11 % | 7 |
| OBLATE | 6 % | 6 |
| OVAL | 6 % | 4 |
Why may OVATE be the right solution?
The word "ovate" means "having the shape of an egg" and is often used to describe something that is not perfectly round but is elongated with a rounded end. Therefore, it is the right solution for the clue "Not perfectly round".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Not perfectly round
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- oval
- elliptical
- oblong
- lopsided
- asymmetrical
- unilateral
- eccentric
- partial
- black hole
- nonlinearity
- spotty
- diverse
Crossword Answer definitions
OVOID noun- Something that is oval in shape.
- Shaped like an oval.
- Egg-shaped; shaped like an oval, but more tapered at one end; ovate.
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 OVOID
- Egg-shaped
- Shaped like an egg
- Football-like
- Jellybean-shaped
- Elliptical
- Like some Fabergé creations
- Elliptic
- Not perfectly round
- Eggplant-shaped
- Rounded, as an egg
More clues leading to the result OVATE
- Egg-shaped
- Like a running track
- Ellipsoidal
- Like Humpty Dumpty
- Elliptical
- Shaped like Humpty
- Not completely round
- Shaped like an egg
- Shaped like Humpty Dumpty
- Kind of round
More clues leading to the result OVOIDAL
More clues leading to the result OBLATE
- Flattened at the poles
- Like Earth's shape
- Like a flattened O
- Monastery resident
- Not quite spherical
- Flattened
- Layperson
- Flattened at the poles.
- Flattened at the poles, as the earth is.
- Secular member of a monastery.