The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TERSE , but the solution may also be BRIEF which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Wall Street Journal).
Succinct crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TERSE | 79 % | 5 |
| PITHY | 11 % | 5 |
| BRIEF | 6 % | 5 |
| SHORT | 2 % | 5 |
| CURT | 1 % | 4 |
| CONCISE | 1 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Succinct
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- concise
- summary
- compendious
- compact
- conciseness
- brevity
- pithy
- terse
- abbreviated
- abridged
- briefly
- description
Crossword Answer definitions
TERSE adjective- (by extension) Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.
- (by extension) Of manner or speech: abruptly or brusquely short; curt.
- Burnished, polished; fine, smooth; neat, spruce.
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 TERSE
- Brusque
- Not mincing words
- Right to the point
- To the point
- Not windy
- Direct
- Short and sweet
- Concise
- Clipped
- Pithy
More clues leading to the result PITHY
- Succinct
- Embodying brevity
- Like well-written aphorisms
- Short and meaningful, as a saying
- Succinct and meaningful
- To the point
- Forceful and brief
- Pointed
- Brief and forceful
- Like mottoes
More clues leading to the result BRIEF
- Concise
- Fleeting
- Short and sweet
- To the point
- Court filing
- Bring up-to-date
- Short-winded
- It may be filed
- Attorney's submission
- Judge's reading
More clues leading to the result SHORT
- Comedian Martin ___
- Wiring problem
- Strapped for cash
- Knee-high to a grasshopper
- Funnyman Martin
- Lacking a quorum
- Like some tempers
- Lacking sufficient funds
- Unlike a shaggy-dog story
- Word before bread or cake
More clues leading to the result CURT
- Rudely brief
- Brusque
- Abbreviated
- Hardly windy
- To the point
- Of few words
- Snappish
- On the short side?
- Hardly garrulous
- Clipped (or the start of an Air Force general's split personality)