The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word POKY , but the solution may also be DELAY which is one of the most recent solution (2017 in LA Times).
Slow crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| POKY | 22 % | 4 |
| INERT | 19 % | 5 |
| LARGO | 6 % | 5 |
| LENTO | 6 % | 5 |
| DUMB | 5 % | 4 |
| DENSE | 5 % | 5 |
| RETARD | 3 % | 6 |
| GRADUAL | 3 % | 7 |
| OBTUSE | 3 % | 6 |
| LATE | 3 % | 4 |
| BRAKE | 3 % | 5 |
| REININ | 2 % | 6 |
| ABATE | 2 % | 5 |
| UNAPT | 2 % | 5 |
| LAZY | 2 % | 4 |
| TARDY | 2 % | 5 |
| SUBSIDE | 2 % | 7 |
| HINDER | 2 % | 6 |
| DELAY | 2 % | 5 |
| SLACK | 2 % | 5 |
| DAWDLING | 2 % | 8 |
| SNAILPACED | 2 % | 10 |
| ADAGIO | 2 % | 6 |
| LEISURELY | 2 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Slow
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- retard
- laggard
- larghissimo
- slowly
- slack
- slow-moving
- tardily
- slow up
- slow down
- dawdling
- decelerate
- slacken
Crossword Answer definitions
POKY noun- A gambling device based on the card game poker.
- Slow.
- Stupid; mentally dull.
- Jail.
- (of a room or other enclosed space) Small and cramped, and often shabby.
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 POKY
- Slow
- Slow-paced
- Dawdling
- Slow as molasses
- Far from fleet
- Puttering
- Inclined to dawdle
- Taking one's good old time
- Hoosegow
- Slammer
More clues leading to the result INERT
- Like helium
- Like a couch potato
- Like krypton
- Nonreactive
- Languid
- Motionless
- Stagnant
- Immobile
- Like the elements on the far right of the periodic table
- Like helium or argon
More clues leading to the result LARGO
- "Key __" (Bogart film)
- "Key __" (1948 Bogart film)
- Slow tempo
- Florida Key
- Directive on a score
- Quite slowly
- Slowly, in a score
- At a slow tempo
- Key name
- Second movement of Dvorák's "New World" symphony
More clues leading to the result LENTO
- Slowly, to Solti
- Slowly, to Ozawa
- Slow tempo
- Slowly, to Schubert
- Slow, in music
- Pianist's 51 Down
- Score direction
- Slow in tempo
- "Play slowly"
- Slowly, on scores
More clues leading to the result DUMB
- Cloddish
- ___ waiter (elevator)
- Type of waiter
- Like a rock?
- Like someone stoned, perhaps
- See 25-Down
- Word with waiter or bell
- Speechless
- Unintelligent
- Not bright at all
More clues leading to the result DENSE
- Compact
- Like a pea-soup fog
- No Einstein
- None too swift
- Thick
- Thickheaded
- Tightly packed
- Slow
- Incredibly thick
- Not bright
More clues leading to the result RETARD
- Slow down
- Make slower
- Slow
- Put the brakes on
- Slow up
- Delay progress
- Throttle down
- Impede
- Impede, as progress
- Hinder
More clues leading to the result GRADUAL
- Gentle
- Slow and steady
- Moderate
- Bit-by-bit
- Slow
- Changing slowly
- Not all at once
- Done by degrees
- Gentle.
- Slow.
More clues leading to the result OBTUSE
- Dense
- Dull
- Between right and straight
- Dumb as a doorknob
- Slow-witted
- Greater than 90°, as an angle
- Thickheaded
- Slow to learn
- More than 90°, or less than tactful
- Insensitive
More clues leading to the result LATE
- Like the White Rabbit of Wonderland
- After the bell
- After-hours show
- Behind time
- Into the wee hours
- Not on cue
- Overdue
- Past due
- Tardy
- Delayed
More clues leading to the result BRAKE
- "I __ for animals"
- Pedal on the left
- Decelerate
- Gas neighbor
- Stopper
- Truck stopper
- Gas pedal neighbor
- Some do it for animals
- Try to avoid an accident, maybe
- Accelerator's opposite
More clues leading to the result REININ
- Check, as a horse
- Pull, as a horse
- Put a lid on
- Bring under control
- Keep under control
- Control
- Get under control
- Curb, as spending
- Curb, as a runaway horse
- Restrain
More clues leading to the result ABATE
More clues leading to the result UNAPT
- Out of place
- Inappropriate
- Not likely
- Slow-witted
- Not fitting
- Ill-suited
- Not likely (to)
- Ill-chosen
- Not suitable
- Not appropriate
More clues leading to the result LAZY
- Indolent
- Ergophobic
- Having no drive
- Work-averse
- Moving slowly
- Word before bones or Susan
- Foot-dragging
- Slothful
- Averse to exertion
- Likely to loaf
More clues leading to the result TARDY
- Report-card adjective
- Late
- Not on schedule
- After the bell
- Running late
- Blemish on a perfect attendance record
- Arriving after the school bell
- Behind time
- Late for class
- Belated
More clues leading to the result SUBSIDE
More clues leading to the result HINDER
- Get in the way of
- Thwart
- Slow down
- Obstruct
- Encumber
- Try to prevent, as an investigation
- Impede
- Block
- Be an obstacle to
- Stymie
More clues leading to the result DELAY
- Put off
- Foot-dragging
- Interruption
- Airport bummer
- 117-Across downer
- Hold up
- Put on hold
- Postponement
- Airport aggravation
- Digital transmission problem
More clues leading to the result SLACK
- Lacking tautness
- What the industrious take up
- Hanging loose
- Rather droopy
- Lying loosely
- "Cut me some ___!"
- Fail to get any work done
- Hanging loosely
- Loose
- Negligent
More clues leading to the result DAWDLING
More clues leading to the result SNAILPACED
More clues leading to the result ADAGIO
- Kind of dancer
- Slower than andante
- Barber's "___ for Strings"
- In a slow manner
- Slow, on musical scores
- Balletic sequence
- Pas de deux section
- Pas de deux part
- "Play slowly"
- Slowly, in music