The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BROKE , but the solution may also be DESTITUTE which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Wall Street Journal).
Penniless crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BROKE | 31 % | 5 |
| POOR | 29 % | 4 |
| NEEDY | 11 % | 5 |
| FLATBROKE | 9 % | 9 |
| STRAPPED | 4 % | 8 |
| INDIGENT | 4 % | 8 |
| STONEBROKE | 4 % | 10 |
| DIRTPOOR | 2 % | 8 |
| DESTITUTE | 2 % | 9 |
| SKINT | 2 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Penniless
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- impecunious
- poor
- hard up
- penurious
- pinched
- in straitened circumstances
- powerless
- helpless
- impotent
- bankrupt
- nigh
- destitute
Crossword Answer definitions
BROKE verb- To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
- To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
- To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
- To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
- To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
- To ruin financially.
- To violate, to not adhere to.
- (of a fever) To pass the most dangerous part of the illness; to go down, in terms of temperature.
- (of a spell of settled weather) To end.
- (of a storm) To begin; to end.
- (of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.
- To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
- To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
- To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
- To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
- (of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
- To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
- To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily.
- To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
- To disclose or make known an item of news, etc.
- (of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
- To change a steady state abruptly.
- To suddenly become.
- Of a male voice, to become deeper at puberty.
- Of a voice, to alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down; to crack.
- To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
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- (most often in the passive tense) To demote, to reduce the military rank of.
- To end (a connection), to disconnect.
- (of an emulsion) To demulsify.
- To counter-attack
- To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
- To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
- To fail in business; to become bankrupt.
- To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
- To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
- To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait.
- To fall out; to terminate friendship.
- To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
- To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
- Financially ruined, bankrupt.
- Without any money, penniless.
- Broken.
- Demoted, deprived of a commission.
- (papermaking) Paper or board that is discarded and repulped during the manufacturing process.
- A fragment, remains, a piece broken off.
- To act as a broker; to transact business for another.
- To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp.
- Broke off, rich, wealthy
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 BROKE
- Down-and-out
- Needing dough
- Cracked, perhaps
- Impecunious
- Tapped out
- Penniless
- Without a dime
- Belly-up
- Out of funds
- Something to go for?
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 NEEDY
- Impovished
- Soup-kitchen patrons
- Destitute
- Without a sou
- Hard up
- Demanding
- Wanting
- Poverty-stricken
- Dependent
- Eligible for a scholarship, maybe
More clues leading to the result FLATBROKE
- Centsless?
- Bankruptcy bound, perhaps
- *Poe
- Busted
- Penniless
- Without a cent
- Very short of funds
- Short on dough
- Destitute
- In dire straits
More clues leading to the result STRAPPED
- Short on cash
- Short of shekels
- Hard up for dough
- Hard up
- Lacking, with "for"
- Wanting
- Without funds
- Out of funds
- Fastened in a certain way.
- Bound, as with adhesive tape.
More clues leading to the result INDIGENT
More clues leading to the result STONEBROKE
- Busted
- Without a cent
- Without a sou: Slang.
- With nary a sou
- Penniless
- Without funds
- Flat busted at the construction site?
More clues leading to the result DIRTPOOR
- Lacking in real estate?
- Flat broke
- Poverty-stricken
- Penniless
- Impoverished
- Hard up
- Having financial trouble, like a gossip columnist?