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 |
| DUNCE | 5 % | 5 |
| CHOWDERHEAD | 5 % | 11 |
| BOOB | 5 % | 4 |
| OAF | 4 % | 3 |
| DOLT | 4 % | 4 |
| MORON | 4 % | 5 |
| TWIT | 4 % | 4 |
| NITWIT | 2 % | 6 |
| YOYO | 2 % | 4 |
| DUNDERHEAD | 2 % | 10 |
| SIMPLETON | 1 % | 9 |
| DIMWIT | 1 % | 6 |
| BONEHEAD | 1 % | 8 |
| NINNY | 1 % | 5 |
| AIRHEAD | 1 % | 7 |
| CHUCKLEHEAD (hiding “CHUCK”) | 1 % | 32 |
| SAP | 1 % | 3 |
| STOOGE | 1 % | 6 |
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 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 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 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 TWIT
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 DUNDERHEAD
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