The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word OVINE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2022.
Sheepish crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OVINE | 89 % | 5 |
| ASHAMED | 3 % | 7 |
| WOOLY | 2 % | 5 |
| TIMID | 2 % | 5 |
| CHEAP | 2 % | 5 |
| SHY | 2 % | 3 |
| MEEK | 2 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sheepish
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sheeplike
- shamefaced
- docile
- ashamed
- ovine
- timid
- bemused
- smug
- bashful
- nonplussed
- nonchalant
- bewildered
Crossword Answer definitions
OVINE noun- A sheep.
- Of, pertaining to, resembling, or being a sheep
- (by extension) resembling a sheep in character; passive, of low intelligence and acquiescent
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 OVINE
- Just like ewe?
- Sheep-ish
- Like a sheep rancher's charges
- Like shearlings
- Sheepish
- Like a member of the fold
- Sheeplike
- Sheepish?
- Like Bo-Peep's charges
- Like Mary's lamb
More clues leading to the result ASHAMED
- Humiliated
- Totally humiliated
- Hiding one's face, say
- Feeling guilt
- Remorseful
- Feeling embarrassment
- Mortified
- Embarrassed
- Red-faced
- Red in the face
More clues leading to the result WOOLY
- Sheepish?
- Wild partner?
- Wild's partner
- "__ Bully" (1965 tune)
- Fuzzy.
- Like a lamb.
- Fuzzy: Var.
- "___ Bully" (1965 hit)
- Like a 27-Down
- Sheeplike
More clues leading to the result TIMID
- Edgy
- Apprehensive
- Fainthearted
- Intrepid's antithesis
- Chicken
- Diffident
- Mousy
- Hardly heroic
- Easily alarmed
- Unassertive
More clues leading to the result CHEAP
- Like Jack Benny
- Not very dear
- Tightfisted
- Below wholesale
- "Talk is ___"
- Tight-fisted
- Like some thrills or shots
- Shabbily made
- Skinflinty
- Jack Benny-like
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