The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word WORN which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2025.
Threadbare crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WORN | 52 % | 4 |
| RATTY | 14 % | 5 |
| SEEDY | 10 % | 5 |
| TRITE | 10 % | 5 |
| SHABBY | 4 % | 6 |
| NAPLESS | 4 % | 7 |
| WELLWORN | 1 % | 8 |
| WORNOUT | 1 % | 7 |
| USED | 1 % | 4 |
Why may WORN be the right solution?
"WORN" is the right solution because it is a synonym for "threadbare," which means worn out or shabby from much use.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Threadbare
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- worn
- shopworn
- well-worn
- timeworn
- tired
- unoriginal
- banal
- hackneyed
- trite
- commonplace
- stock
- seedy
Crossword Answer definitions
WORN verb- To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
- To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
- To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
- (with "it") To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.
- To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
- To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
- To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
- To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.
- (in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
- (of time) To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.
- To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind. Also written "ware". Past: weared, or wore/worn.
- To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.
- To defend; protect.
- To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.
- To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.
- Damaged and shabby as a result of much use
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 WORN
- Ready for patching
- Showing the effects of overwork
- Secondhand
- Shabby
- Threadbare
- Beat-up
- Hackneyed
- Frayed
- Sported
- In need of rotation, possibly
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 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 TRITE
- Hackneyed
- Unoriginal
- Overdone
- Uninspired
- Like cliches
- Overused
- Like hackneyed writing
- Stale
- Far from fresh
- Worn out by use
More clues leading to the result SHABBY
- Dilapidated
- Not well-kept
- Hardly well kept
- Neglected
- Seedy
- Unkempt
- Ramshackle
- Inferior
- "Not too __!": "Good work!"
- Not well maintained