The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LOUT , but the solution may also be BOOR which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Oaf crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LOUT | 35 % | 4 |
| CLOD | 18 % | 4 |
| DOLT | 11 % | 4 |
| LUG | 6 % | 3 |
| APE | 6 % | 3 |
| BOZO | 3 % | 4 |
| BOOR | 3 % | 4 |
| LUMMOX | 3 % | 6 |
| BIGAPE | 3 % | 6 |
| PALOOKA | 2 % | 7 |
| GALOOT | 2 % | 6 |
| DORK | 1 % | 4 |
| OUTLAY | 1 % | 6 |
| BIGOX | 1 % | 5 |
| SHMO | 1 % | 4 |
| ASS | 1 % | 3 |
| XXXXXXXX | 1 % | 8 |
| BLUNDERBUSS | 1 % | 11 |
| SADSACK | 1 % | 7 |
| IDIOT | 1 % | 5 |
| SHLEMIEL | 1 % | 8 |
| FUMBLER | 1 % | 7 |
| NERD | 1 % | 4 |
Why may LOUT be the right solution?
The answer "LOUT" is the right solution because it is a term used to describe a clumsy, uncouth, or foolish person, which matches the definition of an "oaf."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Oaf
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lout
- lummox
- stumblebum
- goon
- clod
- klutz
- lubber
- lump
- gawk
- buffoon
- dolt
- nincompoop
Crossword Answer definitions
LOUT noun- A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
- A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
- To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.
- To bend, bow, stoop.
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 LOUT
- Oafish one
- A large, ungainly person
- Crude one
- Boor
- Lazy sort
- Oaf
- Knuckle-dragger
- Scoundrel
- Klutz
- Awkward brute
More clues leading to the result CLOD
More clues leading to the result DOLT
More clues leading to the result LUG
- Automobile nut?
- Haul
- Tote
- Type of nut
- "Ahhh, c'mere, you big ___!"
- Schlep
- Big galoot
- Clumsy fellow
- Drag with effort
- Move by pulling
More clues leading to the result APE
- "Going __!" (Danza bomb)
- Act like
- Brutish one
- Copy
- Lummox
- Make like
- O'Neill's "The Hairy __"
- O'Neill's hairy title character
- Rue Morgue culprit
- Aldous Huxley's "__ and Essence"
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 BOOR
- Crude fellow
- Crude person
- Uncouth one
- Rude person
- Rude one
- Dinner party persona non grata
- Fool
- Real pig
- Yokel
- Rude dude
More clues leading to the result LUMMOX
More clues leading to the result BIGAPE
More clues leading to the result PALOOKA
- Boxer Joe of the comics
- Oaf
- Cartoon boxer Joe
- Big oaf
- Lummox
- Two-bit boxer
- Fictional boxer Joe
- Boxer, slangily
- Boxer of the comics
- Unskilled pug
More clues leading to the result GALOOT
More clues leading to the result DORK
More clues leading to the result OUTLAY
More clues leading to the result BIGOX
More clues leading to the result SHMO
- Yiddish jerk (var.)
- Nudnik
- Doofus (var.)
- Loser
- Bumbling sort
- Oaf
- Dullard
- Foolish person
- Nerd: Var.
- Jerk: Var.
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 XXXXXXXX
- Big wheel's wheels
- Company that pioneered walkie-talkies
- Frenzied as if possessed
- Hefty thing
- Oaf
- Where a mattress goes
More clues leading to the result BLUNDERBUSS
- Musket with a flared muzzle
- Gun with a flaring muzzle
- Pilgrims' weapon
- Oaf
- Pilgrim's weapon
- Awkward one
- Muzzle-loading firearm
- 18th century weapon
More clues leading to the result SADSACK
- Inept sort
- Comics soldier, with "The"
- Army cartoon character
- Woefully inept person
- Hapless WWII cartoon GI
- Debbie Downer
- Bumbler
- Hapless sort
- Bungler
- Inept GI
More clues leading to the result IDIOT
- Dostoyevsky's "The __"
- Dunderhead
- __ savant
- __-proof (easy to operate)
- Bonehead
- Lamebrain
- Mooncalf
- Nincompoop
- Doofus
- Shit-for-brains