The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LOSER , but the solution may also be POOR SOUL which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Sad sack crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LOSER | 56 % | 5 |
| SCHMO | 13 % | 5 |
| NEBBISH | 6 % | 7 |
| HANGDOG | 6 % | 7 |
| MOPER | 6 % | 5 |
| YOYO | 6 % | 4 |
| POOR SOUL | 6 % | 9 |
Why may POOR-SOUL be the right solution?
The answer "POOR SOUL" fits the clue "Sad sack" because a "sad sack" is a colloquial term for a person who is pitiful or unfortunate, which can be described as a "poor soul."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sad sack
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bungler
- blunderer
- bumbler
- botcher
- butcher
- fumbler
- incompetent
- empty suit
- unworthy
- inexpert
- good-for-nothing
- wretch
Crossword Answer definitions
LOSER noun- A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive.
- Something of poor quality.
- A person who is frequently unsuccessful in life.
- A contemptible or unfashionable person.
- One who or that which loses something, such as extra weight, car keys, etc.
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 LOSER
- "The Born __"
- Consistent failure
- Wanderer
- Hardly a winner
- He has lots of sour-grapes?
- Jenny Craig fan
- Short-straw drawer
- Beck single of 1993
- Beck's breakout single
- Early Beck single
More clues leading to the result SCHMO
More clues leading to the result NEBBISH
- Woody Allen stereotype
- Pitiful person
- Timid soul
- Bumbler
- Wimp
- Milquetoast
- Pitifully inept type
- Timid, ineffectual person
- Sad sack
More clues leading to the result HANGDOG
- Shamefaced
- Very sad-looking
- Sad-looking
- Browbeaten
- Abject, as an expression
- Intimidated, as a look
- Sad sack
- Crestfallen
- Intimidated
- Describing a mean look.
More clues leading to the result MOPER
- Dejected one
- One in the dumps
- Gloomy type
- Sulking sort
- Gloomy Gus
- Kid who doesn't get his way, maybe
- One with a long face
- Gloomy one
- One in a funk
- Sour sort
More clues leading to the result YOYO
- Inept one
- Dither
- Spinning toy
- Cellist Ma
- Thing on a string
- Spooled toy
- Duncan toy
- Be wildly unstable
- "Rock the cradle" toy
- Duncan product