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 |
| BAD | 4 % | 3 |
| SLIM | 4 % | 4 |
| NOTSOHOT | 4 % | 8 |
| INDIGENT | 3 % | 8 |
| INWANT | 1 % | 6 |
| BADOFF | 1 % | 6 |
| NOTASFORTUNATE | 1 % | 14 |
| SECONDRATE | 1 % | 10 |
| HAPLESS | 1 % | 7 |
| BUM | 1 % | 3 |
| ILL | 1 % | 3 |
| MEAGER | 1 % | 6 |
| SOUR | 1 % | 4 |
| LOUSY | 1 % | 5 |
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 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 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 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 INWANT
More clues leading to the result BADOFF
More clues leading to the result NOTASFORTUNATE
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 HAPLESS
- Prone to misfortune
- Ill-fated
- Unfortunate
- Unlucky
- Accident-prone
- Inept
- Unfortunate.
- Unlucky.
- Poor
- Unserendipitous
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 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 MEAGER
More clues leading to the result SOUR
- Embitter
- Ill-humored
- Lemon-like
- Pucker-inducing
- Cranky
- Off-key
- Acerbic
- Whisky concoction
- Off, as milk
- Excessively acid