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 Wall Street Journal in 2022.
Poor crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NEEDY | 53 % | 5 |
| INNEED | 10 % | 6 |
| SUBPAR | 7 % | 6 |
| SLIM | 4 % | 4 |
| BAD | 4 % | 3 |
| NOTSOHOT | 4 % | 8 |
| INDIGENT | 3 % | 8 |
| BUM | 1 % | 3 |
| BADOFF | 1 % | 6 |
| LOUSY | 1 % | 5 |
| SECONDRATE | 1 % | 10 |
| ILL | 1 % | 3 |
| NOTASFORTUNATE | 1 % | 14 |
| HAPLESS | 1 % | 7 |
| MEAGER | 1 % | 6 |
| INWANT | 1 % | 6 |
| SOUR | 1 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Poor
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- indigent
- impoverished
- skint
- poverty-stricken
- destitute
- deficient
- moneyless
- hard up
- penniless
- insufficient
- inferior
- penurious
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 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 SUBPAR
- Inferior
- Not up to snuff
- Like Tiger Woods' scores
- Second-rate
- Below 71-Across
- Good in golf ... otherwise, not so much
- Poor
- Less than ideal
- Like a Masters round of 66
- Below normal level.
More clues leading to the result SLIM
- Actor Pickens
- Narrow of shape
- Pickens, the actor
- Lose it
- Willowy
- Fat free?
- Highly unlikely
- Nigh impossible
- Unlikely
- Carlos ___ (Mexican businessman who has a controlling interest in the New York Times)
More clues leading to the result BAD
- Adverse
- Below standard
- Michael Jackson smash
- Not good
- "___ Boys" (1983)
- "___ Moon Rising"
- Quite inadequate
- Rotten egg, e.g.
- Unfavorable
- Incorrect
More clues leading to the result NOTSOHOT
- Comme ci, comme ça
- Unexciting
- Just adequate
- Less than wonderful
- Mediocre
- "Could be better"
- Just okay
- Just fair
- So-so
- Eh
More clues leading to the result INDIGENT
More clues leading to the result BUM
- Like some deals
- Like some raps
- Vagrant
- Cadge
- "Borrow," as a cigarette
- Alley denizen
- Borrow (forver)
- Schlub
- Enthusiast
- Derriere
More clues leading to the result BADOFF
More clues leading to the result LOUSY
- Not worth a darn
- Rife, slangily
- Inferior
- Wretchedly bad
- Rotten or contemptible
- Awful
- Rife, but not in a good way
- Crawling (with)
- Miserable
- Rotten
More clues leading to the result SECONDRATE
- What non-prime borrowers get?
- Rather inferior
- Mediocre
- Inferior
- Fair, but not very good
- Inferior.
- Mediocre.
- Not up to par.
- Poor
- Of mediocre quality
More clues leading to the result ILL
- "__ Never Smile Again"
- Laid up
- Out of sorts
- Under the weather
- Feeling poorly
- Not healthy
- Not well
- Sick
- Ailing
- Hardly healthy
More clues leading to the result NOTASFORTUNATE
More clues leading to the result HAPLESS
- Prone to misfortune
- Ill-fated
- Unfortunate
- Unlucky
- Accident-prone
- Inept
- Unfortunate.
- Unlucky.
- Poor
- Unserendipitous