The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word SHY which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Shrinking crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHY | 46 % | 3 |
| TIMID | 38 % | 5 |
| MEEK | 15 % | 4 |
Why may SHY be the right solution?
"Shrinking" can be a synonym for being timid or reserved, which is often described as being shy.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shrinking
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- shrinkage
- dwindling
- diminishing
- waning
- subsiding
- declining
- decrease
- diminution
- lowering
- lessening
- contraction
- contracting
Crossword Answer definitions
SHY noun- An act of throwing.
- A place for throwing.
- A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
- In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.
- To avoid due to timidness or caution.
- To jump back in fear.
- To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling
- Easily frightened; timid.
- Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
- Cautious; wary; suspicious.
- Short, insufficient or less than.
- Embarrassed.
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 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 TIMID
- Edgy
- Apprehensive
- Fainthearted
- Intrepid's antithesis
- Chicken
- Diffident
- Mousy
- Hardly heroic
- Easily alarmed
- Unassertive