The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word USUAL , but the solution may also be PLAIN which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Ordinary crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| USUAL | 35 % | 5 |
| AVERAGE | 9 % | 7 |
| MUNDANE | 8 % | 7 |
| SOSO | 8 % | 4 |
| PLAIN | 6 % | 5 |
| RUNOFTHEMILL | 5 % | 12 |
| ROUTINE | 4 % | 7 |
| PLAINJANE | 3 % | 9 |
| NORMAL | 2 % | 6 |
| BANAL | 2 % | 5 |
| EVERYDAY | 2 % | 8 |
| MERE | 2 % | 4 |
| GARDENVARIETY | 1 % | 13 |
| NATURAL | 1 % | 7 |
| PROSE | 1 % | 5 |
| COLONIALTAVERN | 1 % | 14 |
| TYPICAL | 1 % | 7 |
| AMBLEOFTHEMILL | 1 % | 14 |
| PROSAIC | 1 % | 7 |
| LAY | 1 % | 3 |
| COMMON | 1 % | 6 |
| MIDDLING | 1 % | 8 |
| VANILLA | 1 % | 7 |
Why may PLAIN be the right solution?
The word "plain" means ordinary or simple, which makes it the right answer for the clue "ordinary."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ordinary
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- common
- mundane
- routine
- workaday
- everyday
- passable
- run-of-the-mill
- commonplace
- middling
- quotidian
- fair
- tolerable
Crossword Answer definitions
USUAL noun- The typical state of something, or something that is typical.
- A specific good or service (e.g. a drink) that someone typically orders.
- Most commonly occurring; typical.
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 USUAL
- Frequent
- Run-of-the-mill
- "Round up the _____ suspects!"
- Expected
- Same-old same-old
- Same old, same old
- "Round up the ___ suspects"
- Customary
- Same as always
- Same old
More clues leading to the result AVERAGE
- No great shakes
- Mediocre
- A dime a dozen
- C
- Mean relative?
- Run-of-the-mill
- At C level?
- Not outstanding
- Normal
- Middle of the road
More clues leading to the result MUNDANE
More clues leading to the result SOSO
- Average
- Fair to middling
- Fair-to-middling
- Just passable
- Just passing
- Not bad
- Okay, sort of
- Pair to middling
- Fair to mlddling
- No great shakes
More clues leading to the result PLAIN
- Unadorned
- Sans toppings
- Pizza choice
- Easy to see
- Steppe or savannah
- Like the nose on your face
- Like Amish style
- ___ People (Amish)
- Unvarnished
- "Sarah, ___ and Tall" (Glenn Close movie)
More clues leading to the result RUNOFTHEMILL
- Ordinary
- Really ordinary
- Nothing special
- Average.
- Mediocre
- Just average
- Certainly not 20 Across or 36 Across
- *Quality test for a pepper grinder?
More clues leading to the result ROUTINE
- Rut
- "Who's On First?," notably
- Commonplace
- Ordinary
- It's nothing new
- Everyday procedure
- Stand-up performance
- *Dive, surface, dive, surface, etc.?
- Dancer's program
- Stage bit
More clues leading to the result PLAINJANE
- She's no Monroe
- Hardly a knockout
- Unlikely beauty contest entrant
- *Ordinary-looking gal
- Easy-to-miss miss
- Ordinary
- Ordinary.
- Ordinary; unremarkable
- Unremarkable
- Hardly a beauty
More clues leading to the result NORMAL
- Usual
- Not unusual
- Completely run-of-the-mill
- Part of "snafu"
- 20-20
- 98.6
- Ordinary
- Conventional
- Typical
- Hardly pushing the envelope
More clues leading to the result BANAL
- Corny
- Trite
- Hackneyed
- Unoriginal
- Commonplace
- Extremely hokey
- Not the least bit fresh
- Insipid
- Like an old saw
- Unstimulating
More clues leading to the result EVERYDAY
More clues leading to the result MERE
- Being nothing more than
- Insignificant
- Parisian parent
- Simple
- Small
- Bare
- Just
- Michel's mother
- Nothing but
- Nothing more than
More clues leading to the result GARDENVARIETY
- Average
- Commonplace
- Commonplace, and what the start of 17-, 24-, 51- or 60-Across is
- Ordinary
- Commonplace.
- Ordinary ... or what the beginning of the answer to each starred clue is?
More clues leading to the result NATURAL
- Musical symbol
- Unaffected
- With nothing added
- With 93 Down, urge
- Like organic food
- 7 or 11 on the opening roll at craps is an example of a ___ number
- 7 or 11, to Sky Masterson
- Not man-made
- Word before beauty or bridge
- 7 or 11, in craps
More clues leading to the result PROSE
- Written language
- Common speech
- Everday writing
- Everyday writing
- Everyday text
- Essayist's output
- Ordinary writing
- Ordinary language
- Unshowy writing
- Novelist's output
More clues leading to the result COLONIALTAVERN
More clues leading to the result TYPICAL
- "This shit always happens to me"
- Characteristic
- Hardly surprising
- "Why am I not surprised?"
- Not surprising
- Representative
- Unsurprising
- Ordinary
- Characteristic.
- "Ugh, he would do that!"
More clues leading to the result AMBLEOFTHEMILL
More clues leading to the result PROSAIC
- Unimaginative
- Everyday
- Run-of-the-mill
- Matter-of-fact
- Ordinary
- Pedestrian
- Boring
- Humdrum
- Commonplace
- Humdrum.
More clues leading to the result LAY
- Common
- Produce hen fruit
- Frito-__
- Not of the clergy
- Put down, as carpet
- Put down, as track
- Place, as a bet
- Produce an egg
- Bang
- Don Juan's conquest
More clues leading to the result COMMON
- Undistinguished
- All over the place
- Boston __
- Like some interests
- Ordinary
- Public town park
- Provincial
- Dime-a-dozen
- Run-of-the-mill
- Seen all the time