The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GRAVE , but the solution may also be GRIM which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in Boston Globe).
Somber crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GRAVE | 46 % | 5 |
| GRIM | 25 % | 4 |
| SOLEMN | 11 % | 6 |
| SAD | 11 % | 3 |
| SERIOUS | 4 % | 7 |
| LENTEN | 4 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Somber
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sombre
- cheerless
- drab
- colourless
- uncheerful
- sober
- colorless
- grim
- gloomy
- dismal
- sobering
- bleak
Crossword Answer definitions
GRAVE noun- An excavation in the earth as a place of burial
- Any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher.
- (by extension) Death, destruction.
- To dig.
- To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
- To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.
- To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
- To entomb; to bury.
- To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
- A written accent used in French, Italian, and other languages. è is an e with a grave accent (`).
- Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful.
- Low in pitch, tone etc.
- Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable.
- Influential, important; authoritative.
- A count, prefect, or person holding office.
- To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch — so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.
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 GRAVE
- People are dying to get there
- Pretty grim
- Serious
- Ominous
- Service area
- Mark in "vis-à-vis"
- Somber
- Zombie's "home"
- Weighty
- Accent type
More clues leading to the result GRIM
- Like the 'Reaper'
- Sinister
- Not at all rosy
- Long-faced
- Like the `Reaper'
- Really dark
- Not looking so good
- Morbid
- Not looking rosy
- Bleak in outlook
More clues leading to the result SOLEMN
- Serious
- Unsmiling
- Eggshibiting gravity
- Grave
- Invoking the force of religion
- Like funeral marches
- Not marked by levity
- Extremely earnest
- Like many oaths
- Very serious
More clues leading to the result SAD
More clues leading to the result SERIOUS
- Hardly frivolous
- Not fooling
- Not kidding
- Having significant consequences
- Grave
- Considering marriage, perhaps
- Somber
- In no mood for kidding
- Solemn
- Weighty