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 |
| WEEDY | 7 % | 5 |
| SKINANDBONES | 7 % | 12 |
| 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 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 SKINANDBONES
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