The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BENT which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Out of shape crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BENT | 44 % | 4 |
| UNFIT | 25 % | 5 |
| SOFT | 19 % | 4 |
| RUSTY | 3 % | 5 |
| LOPSIDED | 1 % | 8 |
| DEFORMED | 1 % | 8 |
| WARPED | 1 % | 6 |
| OBESE | 1 % | 5 |
| ALOP | 1 % | 4 |
| RUMPLED | 1 % | 7 |
Why may BENT be the right solution?
The answer "BENT" fits the clue "Out of shape" because something that is bent is not in its original or proper shape, making it out of shape.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Out of shape
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- unfit
- unhealthy
- sluggish
- dull
- lethargic
- languid
- languor
- lassitude
- lymphatic
- languishing
- low
- weakness
Crossword Answer definitions
BENT verb- To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
- To become curved.
- To cause to change direction.
- To change direction.
- To be inclined; to direct itself.
- (usually with "down") To stoop.
- To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
- To force to submit.
- To submit.
- To apply to a task or purpose.
- To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
- To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
- To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
- To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
- To swing the body when rowing.
- An inclination or talent.
- A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
- The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
- A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
- Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
- A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing.
- Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
- (Of something that is usually straight) folded, dented
- Corrupt, dishonest
- Homosexual.
- Determined or insistent.
- (Of a person) leading a life of crime.
- Inaccurately aimed
- Suffering from the bends
- High from both marijuana and alcohol.
- Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
- A grassy area, grassland.
- The old dried stalks of grasses.
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 BENT
More clues leading to the result UNFIT
- Inappropriate
- Out of shape
- Not able to serve
- Not suitable
- Flabby
- Not suited
- Incompetent
- Not qualified
- Hardly hardy
- Below the required standards
More clues leading to the result SOFT
- Kind of sell or soap
- Pillowy
- Soap or water preceder
- Out of shape
- Easily molded
- Yielding
- Lenient
- Not thug, as a rapper
- Cushy
- Not tough
More clues leading to the result RUSTY
- Out of practice
- Nickname for a redhead
- Benched too long
- Out of shape
- With 14-Down, Scotch cocktail named for a carpentry hazard
- Like much junkyard metal
- Needing practice
- Impaired from disuse
- Way out of practice
- No longer adequate
More clues leading to the result LOPSIDED
- Unevenly balanced
- Awry
- Crooked
- Badly balanced
- Asymmetric
- Unsymmetrical
- Uneven
- Like an amateurish cake
- Out of balance
- Not symmetrical.
More clues leading to the result DEFORMED
More clues leading to the result WARPED
More clues leading to the result OBESE
- Beyond plump
- Quite stout
- Resembling Orson Welles
- Flabby, and then some
- Potbellied, plus
- Tubby, and then some
- Well-upholstered
- With a lot to lose
- Like Jabba the Hutt
- Overdue for dieting
More clues leading to the result ALOP
- Crooked
- Leaning
- Listing
- Tilting
- Tilted
- Quaintly crooked
- Cockeyed
- Catawampus
- Out of balance
- Like basset hounds' ears