The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word COWARDLY which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2020.
Short on courage crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| COWARDLY | 33 % | 8 |
| TIMID | 33 % | 5 |
| MEEK | 33 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Short on courage
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Crossword Answer definitions
COWARDLY adjective- Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
- In the manner of a coward, cowardlily.
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 COWARDLY
- Like a literary lion?
- Lacking backbone
- Like Lahr's Lion
- Describing a fictional lion.
- Yellow
- Short on courage
- Short on gumption
- Weak-__
More clues leading to the result TIMID
- Edgy
- Apprehensive
- Fainthearted
- Intrepid's antithesis
- Chicken
- Diffident
- Mousy
- Hardly heroic
- Easily alarmed
- Unassertive