The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word IDIOT , but the solution may also be DUNCE which is one of the most recent solution (2017 in Chronicle of Higher Education).
Numskull crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| IDIOT | 27 % | 5 |
| DOPE | 11 % | 4 |
| ASS | 10 % | 3 |
| DOLT | 10 % | 4 |
| DODO | 7 % | 4 |
| NITWIT | 4 % | 6 |
| MORON | 4 % | 5 |
| AIRHEAD | 4 % | 7 |
| OAF | 3 % | 3 |
| FATHEAD | 3 % | 7 |
| DUNCE | 3 % | 5 |
| BOZO | 3 % | 4 |
| CLOD | 1 % | 4 |
| LAMEBRAIN | 1 % | 9 |
| DIMWIT | 1 % | 6 |
| SIMP | 1 % | 4 |
| BOOB | 1 % | 4 |
| CHOWDERHEAD | 1 % | 11 |
| SAPHEAD | 1 % | 7 |
| LUNK | 1 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Numskull
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- dunce
- blockhead
- knucklehead
- dunderhead
- loggerhead
- lunkhead
- bonehead
- muttonhead
- shithead
- hammerhead
- chowderhead
- numbskull
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 DOPE
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 DOLT
More clues leading to the result DODO
More clues leading to the result NITWIT
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 AIRHEAD
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 FATHEAD
- Lummox
- Ninny
- Dimwit
- Incompetent fool
- Chump
- Stupid person.
- Slangy term of opprobrium
- Dunderpate.
- Nitwit
- Numskull
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 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 CLOD
More clues leading to the result LAMEBRAIN
- No genius he
- Chucklehead
- Nincompoop
- Nitwit
- Numskull
- Expert in ornamental fabrics?
- Knucklehead
- Bozo or dodo
- The perfect fool
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 SIMP
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?