The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ZANY , but the solution may also be LOOPY which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Off-the-wall crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ZANY | 25 % | 4 |
| ODD | 12 % | 3 |
| WEIRD | 11 % | 5 |
| OUTRE | 6 % | 5 |
| WACKO | 5 % | 5 |
| NUTTY | 5 % | 5 |
| STRANGE | 3 % | 7 |
| MANIC | 3 % | 5 |
| SCREWY | 3 % | 6 |
| BIZARRE | 2 % | 7 |
| INANE | 2 % | 5 |
| KOOKY | 2 % | 5 |
| LOCO | 2 % | 4 |
| DIPPY | 2 % | 5 |
| BATTY | 2 % | 5 |
| MAD | 2 % | 3 |
| INSANE | 2 % | 6 |
| WAYOUT | 2 % | 6 |
| GONZO | 2 % | 5 |
| DAFFY | 2 % | 5 |
| WACKY | 2 % | 5 |
| CRAZYASALOON | 1 % | 12 |
| OUTLANDISH | 1 % | 10 |
| SILLY | 1 % | 5 |
| LOOPY | 1 % | 5 |
| ANTIC | 1 % | 5 |
| LOONY | 1 % | 5 |
| LOONEY | 1 % | 6 |
Why may ZANY be the right solution?
The word "zany" means eccentric or unconventional, which perfectly describes something that is off-the-wall. Therefore, "zany" is the right answer to the clue "Off-the-wall."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Off-the-wall
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- offtrack
- over-the-top
- out-of-whack
- off-the-books
- out of one's head
- out of one's skull
- off-hand
- wigged out
- cray cray
- off-guard
- offfield
- offbeam
Crossword Answer definitions
ZANY noun- A fool or clown, especially one whose business on the stage is to imitate foolishly the actions of the principal clown.
- To mimic foolishly.
- Unusual and awkward in a funny, comical manner; outlandish; clownish.
- Ludicrously or incongruously comical.
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 ZANY
- Adjective for the Marx Brothers
- Comically loony
- Laff-a-minute
- Madcap
- Wild and crazy
- Like the Marx brothers
- Wild and crazy guy
- Clownish
- Off-the-wall
- Kooky
More clues leading to the result ODD
- Like a fraternal Fellow
- Like a single sock
- Seven or eleven
- Off the wall
- Like 1 and 3
- Strange
- Uneven
- Like a famed TV couple
- Queer
- Suspicious
More clues leading to the result WEIRD
- Like Al Yankovic
- Eerie
- Al Yankovic's moniker
- Bizarre
- Uncanny
- "___ Tales" (H.P. Lovecraft venue)
- Strange
- Out there, so to speak
- Peculiar
- Creepy
More clues leading to the result OUTRE
- Bizarre
- Outlandish
- Eccentric
- Highly unconventional
- UNconventional
- Beyond the fringe
- More than eccentric
- Really strange
- Weird
- Shockingly unconventional
More clues leading to the result WACKO
More clues leading to the result NUTTY
- Cuckoo
- Kooky
- Off one's rocker
- Eccentric
- Bonkers
- Wacky
- Daft
- Screwball
- Like Jerry Lewis's professor
- "The __ Professor"
More clues leading to the result STRANGE
- Bizarre
- Off the wall
- Quark flavor
- Outside the known
- Alien
- Weird
- Curtis who won two U.S. Opens
- Peculiar
- Like some bedfellows
- Missing a few marbles
More clues leading to the result MANIC
- Crazed
- Too energetic
- Like a zany
- Hyperactive
- Frenzied
- Overexcited
- Agitated
- Hysterical
- Like a chicken with its head cut off
- Wild and crazy
More clues leading to the result SCREWY
- Madcap
- Behaving bizarrely
- Absurdly impractical
- Ridiculous
- Off one's rocker
- Off the wall
- Cuckoo
- Disconcertingly peculiar
- Nuts
- Eccentric
More clues leading to the result BIZARRE
More clues leading to the result INANE
More clues leading to the result KOOKY
More clues leading to the result LOCO
- In __ parentis
- Insane
- Weed or motive starter
- Plumb crazy
- Touched
- Batshit
- Off one's trolley
- Crazy, in Texas
- Bats
- Bonkers
More clues leading to the result DIPPY
- Off-the-wall
- Silly in an endearing way
- Foolish
- Silly
- A bit foolish
- Cuckoo.
- Off one's rocker
- Totally uncool
- Hardly sensible
- Likably silly
More clues leading to the result BATTY
More clues leading to the result MAD
- "__ Dogs and Englishmen"
- Alfred E. Neuman's mag
- Alfred E. Neuman's magazine
- Frenzied
- Like a wet hen
- Magazine since 1952
- Ready for commitment?
- "Cracked" competitor
- "Hatter's" mental state?
- Batty
More clues leading to the result INSANE
- Mad
- Moonstruck
- Preposterous
- Bonkers
- Non compos mentis
- Cuckoo
- Nuts or bananas
- Cuckoo bananas
- X Gamer's "amazing"
- Beyond daring
More clues leading to the result WAYOUT
- Far-fetched
- Esoteric, to the max
- In left field
- Excuse, perhaps
- Exit door
- Rad
- Exit
- Beyond the pale
- Off-the-wall
- Far-fetched, to a hippie
More clues leading to the result GONZO
- Hooknosed Muppet
- Outrageous, in slang
- Off-the-wall
- Freewheeling
- Eccentric (slang)
- Eccentric
- Really out there
- Bananas
- Hook-nosed Muppet
- Muppet who loves chickens
More clues leading to the result DAFFY
- Cartoon duck
- Cohort of Bugs
- Like a toon duck?
- Dizzy Dean's brother
- Bugs's buddy
- Bonkers
- Foolish
- Pal of Bugs
- Pal of Porky
- 77-year-old duck
More clues leading to the result WACKY
- Cockamamy
- "___ Packages" (see 17-, 38-, and 60-Across, and 11- and 28-Down)
- Nuts
- Amusingly eccentric
- Nutso
- Nonsensical
- Screwball
- Zany
- Off-the-wall
- Odd
More clues leading to the result CRAZYASALOON
More clues leading to the result OUTLANDISH
More clues leading to the result SILLY
- Muttonheaded
- Inane
- Too frivolous
- Weak-minded
- Dazed
- Nonsensical
- Not remotely serious
- Foolish
- Fatuous
- Bad way to be knocked
More clues leading to the result LOOPY
- Odd
- A bit eccentric
- Missing a few marbles
- Eccentric
- Nutty as a fruitcake
- Punch-drunk
- Whimsically nutty
- Seeing stars
- Crackers
- Bats
More clues leading to the result ANTIC
- Aldous Huxley novel "___ Hay"
- Bit of high jinks
- Caper
- Ludicrous act
- Monkeyshines
- Horseplay
- Playful prank
- Playful trick
- Aldous Huxley novel "_____ Hay"
- Playful act
More clues leading to the result LOONY
- Round the bend
- Mad as a hatter
- Wacko
- Bananas
- Canadian clam
- Kook
- Cracked
- Preposterous
- Non compos mentis
- One brick shy of a load