The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word MEAN which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2019.
Penny-pinching crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MEAN | 29 % | 4 |
| CHEAP | 20 % | 5 |
| STINGY | 18 % | 6 |
| TIGHT | 16 % | 5 |
| FRUGAL | 7 % | 6 |
| MISERLY | 4 % | 7 |
| PARSIMONIOUS | 2 % | 12 |
| PARSIMONY | 2 % | 9 |
| NEAR | 2 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Penny-pinching
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- stingy
- cheeseparing
- parsimoniousness
- parsimony
- thrift
- ungenerous
- close
- near
- penny-pincher
- penny pincher
- economizing
- frugality
Crossword Answer definitions
MEAN verb- To lament.
- To intend.
- To convey (a meaning).
- To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
- To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result).
- (usually with to) To be of some level of importance.
- Common; general.
- Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.
- Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
- Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
- Of little value or worth; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
- Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.
- Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating
- Selfish; acting without consideration of others; unkind.
- Intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise; bearing ill will towards another
- Powerful; fierce; strong
- Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
- Difficult, tricky.
- (now chiefly in the plural) A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
- (in the singular) An intermediate step or intermediate steps.
- Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.
- The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.
- The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean.
- Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.
- Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.
- Having the mean (see noun below) as its value.
- Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.
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 MEAN
- Average
- Cruel
- Intend
- Like football's Joe Greene
- Low-down and nasty
- Greenwich __ time
- Nasty
- __-spirited
- Low-down
- Downright nasty
More clues leading to the result CHEAP
- Like Jack Benny
- Not very dear
- Tightfisted
- Below wholesale
- "Talk is ___"
- Tight-fisted
- Like some thrills or shots
- Shabbily made
- Skinflinty
- Jack Benny-like
More clues leading to the result STINGY
- Penny-pinching
- Parsimonious
- Cheap
- Tight
- Liberal's opposite
- Tight-fisted
- Not at all generous
- Scroogean
- Not very generous
- Scrooge-like
More clues leading to the result TIGHT
- Nip and tuck
- Constricted
- Intimate, as friends
- Cramped
- Inebriated
- Constricting
- Reluctant to part with a buck
- Lacking slack
- Closely constrained
- Way to sleep?
More clues leading to the result FRUGAL
- Parsimonious
- Thrifty
- Cost-conscious
- Careful about spending
- Like Scrooge
- Skimping and scrimping
- Careful, in a way
- Careful with money
- Waste-hating
- Sparing
More clues leading to the result MISERLY
- Stingy
- Tight
- Penny-pinching
- Like Scrooge McDuck
- Scroogelike.
- Parsimonious.
- Like Silas Marner.
- Close
- Penurious
- Cheap