The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word RACY , but the solution may also be BAWDY which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Ribald crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RACY | 44 % | 4 |
| LEWD | 20 % | 4 |
| EARTHY | 12 % | 6 |
| SALTY | 8 % | 5 |
| BAWDY | 8 % | 5 |
| STEAMY | 4 % | 6 |
| COARSE | 4 % | 6 |
Why may BAWDY be the right solution?
The word "ribald" means vulgar or indecent, and "bawdy" is a synonym for that, making it the right solution.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ribald
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bawdy
- dirty
- off-color
- offensive
- raunchy
- ribaldry
- bawdry
- irreverent
- jocular
- lascivious
- raucous
- saucy
Crossword Answer definitions
RACY adjective- Mildly risqué.
- Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil.
- (by extension) Exciting to the mind by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.
- Involving a data race or a race condition.
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 RACY
- A bit off-color
- Off-color
- Risque
- Somewhat indelicate
- With some extra sauce
- A bit daring
- Suggestive
- A bit indelicate
- A bit blue
- Not for prudes
More clues leading to the result LEWD
- Raunchy
- Downright blue
- Crudely sexual
- Lascivious
- Salacious
- Vulgar
- Beyond suggestive
- Licentious
- Indecent
- Well beyond risqué
More clues leading to the result EARTHY
- Down-home
- Natural
- Off-color, as humor
- Coarse, as humor
- Practical
- Coarse
- Lacking refinement
- Ribald
- Like a garden aroma
- Like the smell of soil
More clues leading to the result SALTY
- Like most bar munchies
- Like the ocean
- Like some snacks
- Like pretzels
- Brackish
- Full of four-letter words
- Like tears
- Ribald
- Coarse, as a joke
- Like many pretzels
More clues leading to the result BAWDY
- Salacious
- Like many limericks
- Like many a bachelor party
- Off-color
- Risqué
- Humorously vulgar
- Locker-room
- Like some limericks
- Coarse
- Like sex farces
More clues leading to the result STEAMY
- Hot and heavy
- Like a Turkish bata
- Like a Harlequin romance
- Ribald
- Hot and humid
- X-rated, perhaps
- Like a sauna
- Hot
- Like a sexy romance novel
- Erotic