The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PLAIN , but the solution may also be MODEST which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Not showy crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PLAIN | 40 % | 5 |
| MODEST | 40 % | 6 |
| STAID | 20 % | 5 |
Why may PLAIN be the right solution?
The word "plain" means simple and not decorated. Therefore, it fits the definition of "not showy."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Not showy
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- subdued
- understated
- restrained
- unpretentious
- passive
- unbuttoned
- patient
- casually
- inside
- irregularly
- casual
- put by
Crossword Answer definitions
PLAIN adjective- Flat, level.
- Simple.
- Obvious.
- Open.
- Not unusually beautiful; unattractive.
- Not a trump.
- Simply.
- Plainly; distinctly.
- A lamentation.
- To complain.
- To lament, bewail.
- A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.
- A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals.
- A place where competitive matches are carried out.
- Any of various figurative meanings, regularly dead metaphors.
- An expanse of land with relatively low relief, usually exclusive of forests, deserts, and wastelands.
- To level; to raze; to make plain or even on the surface.
- To make plain or manifest; to explain.
- A level or flat surface.
- A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).
- A level of existence or development. (eg, astral plane)
- A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc.
- (Unicode) Any of a number of designated ranges of sequential code points.
- An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
- A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.
- An airplane; an aeroplane.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called aeroplanes.
- The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.
- A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.
- (Northern UK) A sycamore.
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 PLAIN
- Unadorned
- Sans toppings
- Pizza choice
- Easy to see
- Steppe or savannah
- Like the nose on your face
- Like Amish style
- ___ People (Amish)
- Unvarnished
- "Sarah, ___ and Tall" (Glenn Close movie)
More clues leading to the result MODEST
- Humble composer reinterpreted by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, familiarly (6)
- Not liable to crow
- Understated
- Unostentatious
- Not at all vain
- Unassuming
- Shy
- Hardly extravagant
- Demure
- Not pretentious