The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word THIN which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Slender crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| THIN | 28 % | 4 |
| SLIM | 24 % | 4 |
| LEAN | 19 % | 4 |
| SVELTE | 7 % | 6 |
| LANK | 6 % | 4 |
| REEDY | 5 % | 5 |
| GRACILE | 3 % | 7 |
| WISPY | 1 % | 5 |
| SLIGHT | 1 % | 6 |
| NARROW | 1 % | 6 |
| SKINNY | 1 % | 6 |
| SPINDLING | 1 % | 9 |
| TENUOUS | 1 % | 7 |
| TRIM | 1 % | 4 |
| SLIM Down | 1 % | 39 |
| REMOTE | 1 % | 6 |
Why may SLIM-DOWN be the right solution?
The word "slim" means thin or slender, which fits the clue "slender". "Slim down" is also a common phrase meaning to lose weight or become thinner.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Slender
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- slim
- svelte
- thin
- little
- narrow
- lissome
- lissom
- lithe
- lithesome
- small
- supple
- slight
Crossword Answer definitions
THIN noun- A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
- Any food produced or served in thin slices.
- To make thin or thinner.
- To become thin or thinner.
- To dilute.
- To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
- Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
- Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
- Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
- Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
- Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
- Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
- Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
- Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.
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 THIN
More clues leading to the result SLIM
- Actor Pickens
- Narrow of shape
- Pickens, the actor
- Lose it
- Willowy
- Fat free?
- Highly unlikely
- Nigh impossible
- Unlikely
- Carlos ___ (Mexican businessman who has a controlling interest in the New York Times)
More clues leading to the result LEAN
- Like Spratt
- Like superior deli meat
- Low in fat, meatwise
- Deli order add-on
- "Lawrence of Arabia" director
- Bend away from the vertical
- Like Jack Sprat
- Rangy
- Sprat's preference
- "Ryan's Daughter" director
More clues leading to the result SVELTE
- Slim and trim
- Gracefully slim
- Slender
- Gracefully slender
- Alluringly slender
- Like a cover girl
- Slender, like many models
- Slim and graceful
- Lean and lovely
- Trim
More clues leading to the result LANK
- Long and lean
- Limp, of hair
- Slender
- Tall and thin
- Rangy
- Long and slender
- Unduly long and slender, as grass
- Lean
- Slender and thin
- Gaunt
More clues leading to the result REEDY
- Like an oboe
- Like a clarinet's sound
- Like an English horn's sound
- Like the Everglades
- Like marsh plants
- An oboe's sound
- Quite thin
- Like a thin voice
- Sounding like a clarinet
- High and nasal
More clues leading to the result GRACILE
More clues leading to the result WISPY
- Gossamer
- Indistinct
- Thin and delicate
- Barely discernible
- Thin, as smoke
- Like cirrus clouds
- Delicate
- Like a shred.
- Like some hairdos.
- Slender.
More clues leading to the result SLIGHT
More clues leading to the result NARROW
- Long and thin
- Like AAA shoes
- Short of breadth
- Like a 101-100 win
- Constricted
- Straight partner
- Come to the point?
- Close, as an escape
- Taper
- Tough to squeeze through
More clues leading to the result SKINNY
- Real story
- Inside info
- Like a person in an "after" photo, often
- Nonfat, in coffeehouse lingo
- Poop
- Underweight
- Adjective for Olive Oyl
- Lowdown
- Gossip, slangily
- Gossip
More clues leading to the result SPINDLING
More clues leading to the result TENUOUS
- Flimsey
- Weak, as a mental grasp
- Shaky
- Uncertain
- Lacking a sound basis
- Flimsy
- Flimsy, as an argument
- Unsubstantiated
- Slender.
- Unsubstantial.
More clues leading to the result TRIM
- Lean
- Shaping at the salon
- Short clip
- Svelte
- Use clippers
- Cut corners
- Touch up, as this puzzle's subject does to a beard (See STEPS)
- In shape
- A little off?
- Athletic