The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GEESE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2017.
Simpletons crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GEESE | 55 % | 5 |
| NINNIES | 15 % | 7 |
| DOPES | 6 % | 5 |
| DOLTS | 6 % | 5 |
| OAFS | 4 % | 4 |
| ASSES | 2 % | 5 |
| SAPS | 2 % | 4 |
| DODOS | 2 % | 5 |
| MUTTS | 2 % | 5 |
| DULLARDS | 2 % | 8 |
| DODOES | 2 % | 6 |
| LOONS | 2 % | 5 |
| NITWITS | 2 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Simpletons
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- simple
- dodoes
- geese
- halfwits
- ignoramuses
- dullards
- buffoons
- idiots
- rubes
- dolts
- fools
- nitwits
Crossword Answer definitions
GEESE noun- Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are bigger than ducks.
- A female goose (sense 1).
- The flesh of the goose used as food.
- A silly person.
- A tailor's iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics.
- A young woman or girlfriend.
- An old English board game in which players moved counters along a board, earning a double move when they reached the picture of a goose.
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 GEESE
- Brants
- Canadian ___
- Flock members
- Gaggle members
- Simpletons
- Gaggle group
- Silly ones
- V-formation fliers
- A "Twelve Days of Christmas" gift
- Flying wedge
More clues leading to the result NINNIES
- Chuckleheads
- Dummkopfs
- Saps
- Simpletons
- Dumb bunnies
- Boneheads
- Dodos
- Dunderheads.
- Intellectual dwarfs.
- Simpletons.
More clues leading to the result DOPES
- Blockheads
- Gets laced before lacing up?
- Chowderheads
- Knuckleheads
- Chuckleheads
- Dimwits
- Simpletons
- Ninnies
- Dunderheads
- Geese
More clues leading to the result DOLTS
- Simpletons
- Not exactly Einsteins
- Nitwits
- Lamebrains
- Boneheads
- Fools
- Dunderheads
- Half-wits
- Ignorant fools
- Oafs
More clues leading to the result OAFS
More clues leading to the result ASSES
- Dolts
- Fools
- Beasts of burden
- Ninnies
- Foolish ones
- Onagers
- Dumbbutts
- Thongs show them off
- Promoters try to put them in seats
- They may be shaken, but are rarely stirred, at the bar
More clues leading to the result SAPS
More clues leading to the result DODOS
- Numbskulls
- Dummies
- Airheads
- Birds last seen in 1681
- Not the brightest birds
- Birds no more
- Dimwits
- Dull-witted sorts
- Long-gone birds
- Simpletons
More clues leading to the result MUTTS
- Junkyard dogs
- Ones outside established lines?
- Mongrels
- No purebreds, these
- No purebreds
- AKC rejects
- Purebreds' opposites
- Dogs of mixed breed
- Fido and friends
- Many pound pups
More clues leading to the result DULLARDS
- Dunderheads.
- Simpletons.
- Blockheads
- Intellectuals' opposites
- Numbskulls
- They're not very bright
- They're no brainiacs
- Nitwits
More clues leading to the result DODOES
- Extinct birds
- Birdbrains
- Schlemiels
- Mossbacks
- Réunion group, once
- Old fogies.
- Fuddy-duddies
- Square ones
- Stupid persons
- Former denizens of Mauritius
More clues leading to the result LOONS
- "On Golden Pond" birds
- Daffy ducks?
- Fish-eating diving birds
- Weird-sounding birds
- Batty-sounding birds
- Canadian coins
- Ducks' relatives
- Birds on Canadian coins
- Crackpots
- Nut jobs