The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word INANE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Silly crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
INANE | 69 % | 5 |
ASININE | 9 % | 7 |
APISH | 6 % | 5 |
DAFT | 5 % | 4 |
GAGA | 2 % | 4 |
FOOLISH | 1 % | 7 |
ABSURD | 1 % | 6 |
DOPEY | 1 % | 5 |
GOOFY | 1 % | 5 |
NINNYISH | 0 % | 8 |
GOOSY | 0 % | 5 |
FATUOUS | 0 % | 7 |
DIPPY | 0 % | 5 |
TOMFOOLISH | 0 % | 10 |
SAPPY | 0 % | 5 |
BIRDBRAINED | 0 % | 11 |
BRAINLESS | 0 % | 9 |
DDDDD | 0 % | 5 |
ZANY | 0 % | 4 |
HALFWITTED | 0 % | 10 |
ANILE | 0 % | 5 |
BATTY | 0 % | 5 |
Why may INANE be the right solution?
The word "inane" means lacking sense or meaning, which is similar to the meaning of "silly". Therefore, "inane" is an appropriate answer for the clue "silly".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Silly
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- zany
- ridiculous
- wacky
- frivolous
- goofy
- cockamamy
- empty-headed
- airheaded
- featherbrained
- fool
- foolish
- sappy
Crossword Answer definitions
INANE noun- That which is void or empty.
- Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance)
- Purposeless; pointless
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 INANE
More clues leading to the result ASININE
- Utterly silly
- Utterly stupid
- Completely idiotic
- Dumber than dumb
- Laughable
- Silly
- Extremely silly
- Ridiculous
- Dopey
- Foolhardy
More clues leading to the result APISH
- Imitative
- Foolishly imitative
- Gorilla-like
- Given to copying?
- Dumbly imitative
- Parrot-like
- Silly or simian
- Gorillalike
- Really silly
- Foolishly silly
More clues leading to the result DAFT
- Off one's rocker
- Loopy
- Wacky
- Balmy
- ___ Punk
- ___ Punk ("Around the World" electronica duo)
- Mad
- Foolish
- A little loopy
- Not all there
More clues leading to the result GAGA
- Completely infatuated
- Infatuated
- Head-over-heels
- Nutty about
- Silly
- "Artpop" musician, casually
- Crib babble
- Smitten
- Moonstruck
- Crazy (for)
More clues leading to the result FOOLISH
More clues leading to the result ABSURD
- Preposterous
- Ludicrous
- Like Ionesco's plays
- Ionesco-esque?
- Ridiculous
- Theater of the ___
- Nonsensical
- Laughably foolish
- Laughable
- Cockamamie
More clues leading to the result DOPEY
- Bashful's partner
- Happy's pal
- Only dwarf without a beard
- Idiotic
- Member of a small septet
- Silent dwarf
- Associate of Happy
- Bashful companion?
- Soporific
- Youngest of the seven dwarfs
More clues leading to the result GOOFY
- Pal of Mickey
- Disney dog
- Wacko
- Silly
- Inane
- He was originally called Dippy Dawg
- Mickey's pal
- Preposterous
- Disney character originally named Dippy Dawg
- Silly as they come: Slang.
More clues leading to the result NINNYISH
More clues leading to the result GOOSY
More clues leading to the result FATUOUS
More clues leading to the result DIPPY
- Off-the-wall
- Silly in an endearing way
- Foolish
- Silly
- A bit foolish
- Cuckoo.
- Off one's rocker
- Totally uncool
- Hardly sensible
- Likably silly
More clues leading to the result TOMFOOLISH
More clues leading to the result SAPPY
- Too sentimental
- Empty-headed
- Way sentimental
- Foolishly sentimental
- Mawkish
- Overly sentimental
- Like chick flicks, stereotypically
- Patently sentimental
- Maudlin
- Like silly fools or maple trees
More clues leading to the result BIRDBRAINED
More clues leading to the result BRAINLESS
More clues leading to the result DDDDD
- "Allahu ___!"
- "Barry Lyndon" actor
- "Casablanca" actor
- "Deathwatch" playwright
- "Fried Green Tomatoes" actress
- "Funny or Die" post
- "Go Tell It on the Mountain," e.g.
- "Hard to believe, but..."
- "I challenge you to ___!"
- "I didn't ___ be part of this"
More clues leading to the result ZANY
- Adjective for the Marx Brothers
- Comically loony
- Laff-a-minute
- Madcap
- Wild and crazy
- Like the Marx brothers
- Wild and crazy guy
- Clownish
- Off-the-wall
- Kooky
More clues leading to the result HALFWITTED
More clues leading to the result ANILE
- Old womanish
- Little old lady?
- Old-womanish
- Feeble
- Like an old woman
- Marriageable
- Like a feeble crone
- Silly
- Doddering
- Doting