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 |
| SCREWY | 3 % | 6 |
| MANIC | 3 % | 5 |
| INANE | 2 % | 5 |
| BIZARRE | 2 % | 7 |
| KOOKY | 2 % | 5 |
| WAYOUT | 2 % | 6 |
| DAFFY | 2 % | 5 |
| LOCO | 2 % | 4 |
| WACKY | 2 % | 5 |
| INSANE | 2 % | 6 |
| BATTY | 2 % | 5 |
| MAD | 2 % | 3 |
| GONZO | 2 % | 5 |
| DIPPY | 2 % | 5 |
| LOONY | 1 % | 5 |
| LOOPY | 1 % | 5 |
| CRAZYASALOON | 1 % | 12 |
| LOONEY | 1 % | 6 |
| SILLY | 1 % | 5 |
| OUTLANDISH | 1 % | 10 |
| ANTIC | 1 % | 5 |
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 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 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 INANE
More clues leading to the result BIZARRE
More clues leading to the result KOOKY
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 LOONY
- Round the bend
- Mad as a hatter
- Wacko
- Bananas
- Canadian clam
- Kook
- Cracked
- Preposterous
- Non compos mentis
- One brick shy of a load
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 CRAZYASALOON
More clues leading to the result LOONEY
- ___ Tunes
- __ Tunes
- "___ Tunes"
- Like Warner Brothers Tunes
- ___ Tunes (cartoon series)
- Tinseltown Tunes
- __ Tunes (Warner Bros. cartoon)
- "___ Tunes," movie cartoon series
- Tetched
- Tunes introducer?
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