The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word MODEST which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2017.
Self-effacing crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MODEST | 40 % | 6 |
| SHY | 30 % | 3 |
| MEEK | 10 % | 4 |
| HUMBLE | 10 % | 6 |
| RETICENT | 10 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Self-effacing
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- reticent
- unassertive
- selfconscious
- self explanatory
- humility
- self concept
- self denial
- unselfconscious
- selfness
- self deception
- unembarrassed
- humbleness
Crossword Answer definitions
MODEST adjective- Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.
- Small, moderate in size.
- Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety.
- (especially of behaviour or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.
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 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
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 MEEK
- Inheritors?
- Submissive
- Docile or gentle
- Docile
- Like a milquetoast
- Earth inheritors?
- Mild-mannered
- Earth's heirs?
- Earth's inheritors
- Far from bold
More clues leading to the result HUMBLE
- Restrained
- Fourth in a series of Web postings
- Unpretentious
- Modest
- Not vain
- Unpretentious.
- Modest.
- After 38 Across
- Lowly
- Unassuming