The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word IDIOT , but the solution may also be CHUCKLEHEAD (hiding “CHUCK”) which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Numbskull crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| IDIOT | 14 % | 5 |
| ASS | 12 % | 3 |
| DODO | 11 % | 4 |
| DOPE | 10 % | 4 |
| BOZO | 6 % | 4 |
| BOOB | 5 % | 4 |
| DUNCE | 5 % | 5 |
| CHOWDERHEAD | 5 % | 11 |
| TWIT | 4 % | 4 |
| OAF | 4 % | 3 |
| DOLT | 4 % | 4 |
| MORON | 4 % | 5 |
| DUNDERHEAD | 2 % | 10 |
| NITWIT | 2 % | 6 |
| YOYO | 2 % | 4 |
| AIRHEAD | 1 % | 7 |
| CHUCKLEHEAD (hiding “CHUCK”) | 1 % | 32 |
| SAP | 1 % | 3 |
| STOOGE | 1 % | 6 |
| SIMPLETON | 1 % | 9 |
| DIMWIT | 1 % | 6 |
| BONEHEAD | 1 % | 8 |
| NINNY | 1 % | 5 |
Why may CHUCKLEHEAD-HIDING-CHUCK be the right solution?
The answer "CHUCKLEHEAD" contains the word "CHUCK" hidden within it, which is a synonym for "Numbskull." This type of wordplay, where one word is hidden within another, is a common crossword clue technique.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Numbskull
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- dope
- moron
- dolt
- idiot
- nitwit
- nincompoop
- buffoon
- dumbass
- cretin
- dimwit
- doofus
- dunderhead
Crossword Answer definitions
IDIOT noun- A person of low general intelligence.
- A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool.
- A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30.
- Idiotic, stupid
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 IDIOT
- Dostoyevsky's "The __"
- Dunderhead
- __ savant
- __-proof (easy to operate)
- Bonehead
- Lamebrain
- Mooncalf
- Nincompoop
- Doofus
- Shit-for-brains
More clues leading to the result ASS
- Balaam's beast
- Balaam's mount
- Beast of burden
- Burdened beast
- Donkey
- Mule's father
- Dolt
- Stubborn one
- Stupid one
- Total idiot
More clues leading to the result DODO
More clues leading to the result DOPE
More clues leading to the result BOZO
- Larry Harmon creation
- Fool
- Red-haired clown
- TV clown
- Many a politician
- Dummkopf
- Nimrod
- Yahoo
- Dunce
- Clown handle
More clues leading to the result BOOB
- Dunce
- Ninny
- Numbskull
- Awkward one
- Knocker
- Nursing need
- Side-___ (something that's apparently highly newsworthy to the Huffington Post)
- Side-___ (sight with a loose-fitting top)
- Dumb cluck
- Tube devotee?
More clues leading to the result DUNCE
- <:`-(
- Dolt
- Brainiac's opposite
- Dork
- Numskull
- Conical-cap wearer
- Kind of cap
- Nincompoop
- Corner chair occupant
- One who may be capped in a corner
More clues leading to the result CHOWDERHEAD
More clues leading to the result TWIT
More clues leading to the result OAF
- Clod
- Lout
- No genius
- Bull in a china shop, maybe
- Bumpkin
- Galoot
- Crude dude
- Unlikely ballet dancer
- Muttonhead
- Stumblebum
More clues leading to the result DOLT
More clues leading to the result MORON
- Dumbbell
- Empty head
- Rear view? (or ... dummy)
- Asshat
- Jerk
- Word coined by psychologist H.H. Goddard in 1910
- Egghead's opposite
- Butt of many a joke
- Dim bulb
- Imbecile
More clues leading to the result DUNDERHEAD
More clues leading to the result NITWIT
More clues leading to the result YOYO
- Inept one
- Dither
- Spinning toy
- Cellist Ma
- Thing on a string
- Spooled toy
- Duncan toy
- Be wildly unstable
- "Rock the cradle" toy
- Duncan product
More clues leading to the result AIRHEAD
More clues leading to the result CHUCKLEHEAD (hiding “CHUCK”)
More clues leading to the result SAP
More clues leading to the result STOOGE
- Straight man
- Curly, e.g.
- Howard, Howard, or Fine
- Complete idiot
- Larry or Moe
- Bozo
- Willing butt of gags
- Flunky
- Slapstick trio member
- Comic underling
More clues leading to the result SIMPLETON
More clues leading to the result DIMWIT
- Dumbbell
- Blockhead
- Lamebrain
- Nincompoop
- No Einstein, this one
- Numbskull
- Doofus
- Knucklehead
- Not-too-bright sort
- Stupid one
More clues leading to the result BONEHEAD
- Dunce
- Unthinking
- Doofus
- Top orthopedist?
- Unthinking, as a mistake
- Kind of play: Slang.
- Chump.
- Numbskull
- Nitwit