The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SNAIL which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Slowpoke crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SNAIL | 76 % | 5 |
| TURTLE | 7 % | 6 |
| LAGGARD | 5 % | 7 |
| TORTOISE | 3 % | 8 |
| IDLER | 2 % | 5 |
| DAWDLER | 2 % | 7 |
| DALLIER | 2 % | 7 |
| ALSORAN | 2 % | 7 |
| TARRIER | 2 % | 7 |
Why may SNAIL be the right solution?
The answer to "Slowpoke" is "SNAIL" because snails are known for their slow and leisurely pace of movement.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Slowpoke
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- plodder
- slowcoach
- stick-in-the-mud
- dawdler
- pokey
- sluggard
- superfast
- leadfoot
- oldster
- superhighway
- straggler
- snail
Crossword Answer definitions
SNAIL noun- Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
- (by extension) A slow person; a sluggard.
- A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock.
- A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.
- The pod of the snail clover.
- To move or travel very slowly.
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 SNAIL
- Slow food from the garden, perhaps?
- Creature in a shell
- No racer
- Shelled creature
- Slowpoke
- Exemplar of slowness
- Slow mover
- Garden gastropod
- ___ mail (E-mail alternative)
- ___ mail (Canada Post, perhaps)
More clues leading to the result TURTLE
- Shelled reptile
- Slowpoke
- Animal with a carapace
- Snapper, perhaps
- Reptile house denizen
- Terrapin
- Terrapin, e.g.
- Aquarium reptile
- Ant egg eater
- One with a shell
More clues leading to the result LAGGARD
- Person failing to keep up
- Slowpoke
- Time waster
- Dilatory
- Slowpoke.
- Dilatory.
- Sluggish
- Straggler
- Slow person
- Loiterer
More clues leading to the result TORTOISE
- Aesop race-winner
- Hare racer
- Fabled race winner
- Race winner of fable
- Winner by a hare?
- Hare's opponent
- Winner who finished next to last, in fable
- Slowpoke
- Hare vanquisher
- Reason for a bad hare day?
More clues leading to the result IDLER
More clues leading to the result DAWDLER
More clues leading to the result DALLIER
More clues leading to the result ALSORAN
- Finishes out of the money
- Finished out of the money
- Late finisher
- Third-party candidate, more often than not
- Election loser
- Non-winner
- Candidate who lost
- Loser
- Aesop's hare, for one
- Poor performer