The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word SHY which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2022.
Retiring crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHY | 68 % | 3 |
| TIMID | 19 % | 5 |
| MODEST | 6 % | 6 |
| DEMURE | 5 % | 6 |
| COY | 2 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Retiring
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- retreating
- outgoing
- receding
- past
- unassuming
- modest
- unobtrusive
- unnoticeable
- preceding
- unassertive
- retirement
- departing
Crossword Answer definitions
SHY noun- An act of throwing.
- A place for throwing.
- A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
- In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.
- To avoid due to timidness or caution.
- To jump back in fear.
- To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling
- Easily frightened; timid.
- Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
- Cautious; wary; suspicious.
- Short, insufficient or less than.
- Embarrassed.
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 SHY
- Bashful
- Short
- " ... twice __."
- Not at all outgoing
- Unlikely to mix
- Averse to first moves
- Retiring
- Tending to shrink
- Like a wallflower
- Owing
More clues leading to the result TIMID
- Edgy
- Apprehensive
- Fainthearted
- Intrepid's antithesis
- Chicken
- Diffident
- Mousy
- Hardly heroic
- Easily alarmed
- Unassertive
More clues leading to the result MODEST
- Humble composer reinterpreted by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, familiarly (6)
- Not liable to crow
- Understated
- Unostentatious
- Not at all vain
- Unassuming
- Shy
- Hardly extravagant
- Demure
- Not pretentious