The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BONY , but the solution may also be BONY Down 1 College Board exams which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Scrawny crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BONY | 26 % | 4 |
| GAUNT | 22 % | 5 |
| THIN | 11 % | 4 |
| RUNTISH | 11 % | 7 |
| SKINANDBONES | 7 % | 12 |
| WEEDY | 7 % | 5 |
| BONY Down 1 College Board exams | 4 % | 31 |
| LEAN | 4 % | 4 |
| LANK | 4 % | 4 |
| UNDERWEIGHT | 4 % | 11 |
Why may BONYDOWN1-COLLEGE-BOARD-EXAMS be the right solution?
The answer to "Scrawny" is "BONY" because "bony" is a synonym for scrawny, meaning thin or gaunt.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Scrawny
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- stunted
- skinny
- thin
- underweight
- inferior
- scraggy
- scrubby
- lean
- weedy
- meager
- gangly
- slim
Crossword Answer definitions
BONY adjective- Resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous.
- Full of bones
- With little flesh; skinny, thin
- Having prominent bones
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 BONY
- In need of fattening up
- Undernourished
- Like a skeleton
- Like a witch's fingers
- Extremely thin
- Scrawny
- Skeletal
- Too thin
- Skinny
- Like unfilleted sardines
More clues leading to the result GAUNT
- Scrawny
- Extremely lean
- Too thin
- Overly thin
- Very thin
- Thin and angular
- Hardly hearty
- Emaciated-looking
- Emaciated
- Thin and bony
More clues leading to the result THIN
More clues leading to the result RUNTISH
More clues leading to the result SKINANDBONES
More clues leading to the result WEEDY
- Like a neglected garden
- Unkempt, as grass
- Like an unkempt lawn
- Like unkempt lawns
- Scrawny
- Like a neglected lawn
- Like lots of unplanned-for plants
- Overgrown
- Overgrown, as a garden
- Like an untended garden
More clues leading to the result BONY Down 1 College Board exams
More clues leading to the result LEAN
- Like Spratt
- Like superior deli meat
- Low in fat, meatwise
- Deli order add-on
- "Lawrence of Arabia" director
- Bend away from the vertical
- Like Jack Sprat
- Rangy
- Sprat's preference
- "Ryan's Daughter" director
More clues leading to the result LANK
- Long and lean
- Limp, of hair
- Slender
- Tall and thin
- Rangy
- Long and slender
- Unduly long and slender, as grass
- Lean
- Slender and thin
- Gaunt