The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PRIGS , but the solution may also be PURISTS which is one of the most recent solution (2007 in Universal uClick).
Pedants crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PRIGS | 20 % | 5 |
| DIDACTS | 20 % | 7 |
| PURISTS | 20 % | 7 |
| ACADEMES | 20 % | 8 |
| HAIRSPLITTERS | 20 % | 13 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pedants
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- scholastic
- bookworm
- grammarians
- pedantry
- logicians
- classicists
- wowsers
- philistines
- split infinitive
- sophists
- eggheads
- dullards
Crossword Answer definitions
PRIGS noun- A tinker.
- A petty thief or pickpocket.
- A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
- A conceited dandy; a fop.
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 PRIGS
- Conformists, and then some
- Like stuffed shirts
- Conceited ones
- Bluenoses
- Some puritans
- Snobs
- Overly proper folks
- Snobbish sorts
- Obnoxiously proper types
- Goody-goody types
More clues leading to the result DIDACTS
More clues leading to the result PURISTS
- They frown on slang
- Uncompromising types
- Sticklers
- Tampering opponents
- They don't compromise
- Overparticular persons.
- Meticulous grammarians.
- Advocates of precise usage in language.
- Careful speakers.
- Precise persons.
More clues leading to the result ACADEMES
- Pedants
- Scholastic environments
- Eggheads
- College professors, e.g.
- Learning environments
- Places of instruction and learning
- University environments