The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word NOSY which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Prying crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NOSY | 89 % | 4 |
| NOSINESS | 3 % | 8 |
| SNOOPY | 3 % | 6 |
| SNOOPING | 2 % | 8 |
| INQUISITORIAL | 2 % | 13 |
| NOSEY | 2 % | 5 |
Why may NOSY be the right solution?
The word "nosy" is often used to describe someone who is overly curious or prying into other people's affairs. Therefore, "nosy" is a fitting answer to the clue "Prying."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Prying
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- nosiness
- nosey
- snoopiness
- nosy
- curious
- snoopy
- separating
- patrol
- patrolling
- poking
- snooping
- prodding
Crossword Answer definitions
NOSY noun- A look at something to satisfy one's curiosity.
- Prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle.
- Having a large or elongated nose.
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 NOSY
- Prying
- Like a quidnunc
- Gossiping
- Snoopy
- Overly curious
- Like a buttinsky
- Intrusive
- Like Parker?
- Overcurious
- Inquisitive
More clues leading to the result NOSINESS
More clues leading to the result SNOOPY
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- Dog asleep on a roof
- Red Baron's foe
- Brown dog
- Creation of 20-Across
- Schulz beagle
- "Peanuts" pooch
- Charlie Brown's beagle
- Charlie's dog
- Beagle who imagines flying a Sopwith Camel