The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word POOR , but the solution may also be NEEDY which is one of the most recent solution (2001 in Washington Post).
On one's uppers crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| POOR | 71 % | 4 |
| BUST | 14 % | 4 |
| NEEDY | 14 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: On one's uppers
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- broke
- penniless
- destitute
- indigent
- low water
- destitution
- strapped
- determiner
- want
- dispossessed
- need
- penury
Crossword Answer definitions
POOR noun- (with "the") Those who have little or no possessions or money, taken as a group.
- With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
- Of low quality.
- Used to express pity.
- Deficient in a specified way.
- Inadequate, insufficient.
- Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
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 POOR
- Down-and-out
- Not so hot
- Badly off
- Hardly worth a D
- Lacking in value
- Less than good
- Standard's partner
- Far from the 1%
- Low-quality
- Second-rate
More clues leading to the result BUST
- Failure
- Sculptor's creation
- Sculpture
- It's put on a pedestal
- First-round draft pick that goes nowhere
- Hourglass part?
- Police raid
- Utter failure
- Marble head?
- Sculptor's portrait