The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word NEEDY which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2015.
Penurious crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NEEDY | 40 % | 5 |
| MEAN | 15 % | 4 |
| INNEED | 10 % | 6 |
| MISERLY | 10 % | 7 |
| STINGY | 10 % | 6 |
| POOR | 5 % | 4 |
| IRONFISTED | 5 % | 10 |
| TIGHT | 5 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Penurious
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- stingy
- ungenerous
- poor
- parsimonious
- hard up
- penniless
- impecunious
- pinched
- in straitened circumstances
- miserly
- needy
- mean
Crossword Answer definitions
NEEDY adjective- In need; poor.
- Desiring constant affirmation; lacking self-confidence.
- Needful; necessary.
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 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 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 INNEED
- Down and out
- Lacking, with "of"
- Wanting
- Wanting much
- Destitute
- Poverty-stricken
- Requiring help
- Requiring assistance
- Lacking
- Short of funds
More clues leading to the result MISERLY
- Stingy
- Tight
- Penny-pinching
- Like Scrooge McDuck
- Scroogelike.
- Parsimonious.
- Like Silas Marner.
- Close
- Penurious
- Cheap
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 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