The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word POSER which also is the latest solution we found used in CrossSynergy in 2007.
Tough nut crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| POSER | 75 % | 5 |
| PROBLEM | 13 % | 7 |
| ACORN | 13 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tough nut
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- toughie
- tough cookie
- toughest
- tough guy
- tough love
- difficult
- hard time
- difficultness
- toughened
- toughness
- hard put
- hard nosed
Crossword Answer definitions
POSER noun- A particularly difficult question or puzzle.
- Someone who asks a question or sets a problem.
- Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.
- A poseur; someone who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.
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 POSER
- Baffling problem
- Baffling question
- Sticky problem
- Dilemma
- Insult for a middle schooler who puts on airs
- Superficial sort
- Enigma
- Tough nut to crack
- Riddle
- "Cheese" sayer
More clues leading to the result PROBLEM
- Gordian Knot, e.g.
- Solver's target
- Textbook exercise
- "The Final ___" (Sherlock Holmes story)
- Hitch
- "No ___!" ("Piece of cake!")
- Math exercise
- Situation, so to speak
- Snag
- "Something wrong?"