The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SEAMY , but the solution may also be SEEDY which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Squalid crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SEAMY | 28 % | 5 |
| MANGY | 20 % | 5 |
| SEEDY | 20 % | 5 |
| DIRTY | 7 % | 5 |
| SLEAZY | 6 % | 6 |
| DINGY | 6 % | 5 |
| RATTY | 6 % | 5 |
| SORDID | 4 % | 6 |
| SLUMMY | 2 % | 6 |
| GRUBBY | 2 % | 6 |
Why may SEEDY be the right solution?
"SEEDY" is synonymous with "squalid," meaning dirty, run-down, or disreputable. In crossword puzzles, it's common for clues to provide synonyms or related words to lead solvers to the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Squalid
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- seamy
- seedy
- dirty
- unclean
- soiled
- flyblown
- sleazy
- sordid
- disreputable
- dingy
- filthy
- wretched
Crossword Answer definitions
SEAMY adjective- Sordid, squalid or corrupt.
- Having or showing a seam.
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 SEAMY
- Sordid
- Hardly wholesome
- Disreputable
- Squalid
- Squalid and sordid
- Unsavory
- Like a city's underbelly
- Run-down
- Somewhat sordid
- Not reputable
More clues leading to the result MANGY
- Worn , as a rug
- Squalid
- Rundown and filthy
- Like many a mutt
- Like a stray mutt
- Contemptible
- Shabby
- Unkempt
- Like some strays
- Like some stray mutts
More clues leading to the result SEEDY
- Like a fleabag
- Not exactly elegant
- Adjective for Burpee's business?
- In sorry shape
- Far from four-star
- Ragtag
- Run-down
- Shabby
- Far from posh
- Disreputable
More clues leading to the result DIRTY
- "____ Harry"
- Kind of pool
- How lovers might talk
- Like kids, often, or inappropriate for kids
- __ Harry
- Indecent
- Like cops who emulate criminals
- Unscrupulous, as a fighter
- Below-the-belt
- Word before linen or old man
More clues leading to the result SLEAZY
- Run-down
- Like a 40-year-old at an under-21 club
- Immoral
- Cheap
- Sordid
- Underhanded
- Dishonest
- Unsavory
- Disreputable
- Base
More clues leading to the result DINGY
- Gone to seed
- Dark, dull, and dirty
- Dirty-looking
- Not quite white anymore
- Dark and dreary
- Like a dive, so to speak
- Not at all bright
- Dull-colored
- Squalid
- Shabby
More clues leading to the result RATTY
- Well-worn
- Dilapidated
- Somewhat rundown
- In shabby shape
- Overrun with vermin
- Tattered and torn
- Shabby
- Torn and tattered
- Dirty and unkempt
- Wretched
More clues leading to the result SORDID
- Vile
- Sleazy
- Wretched
- Run-down
- Morally base
- Morally reprehensible
- Like details to be spared
- Base
- Like some pasts
- Foul