The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word THORNY , but the solution may also be HARD which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in Newsday).
Tough to figure out crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| THORNY | 29 % | 6 |
| TRICKY | 29 % | 6 |
| ENIGMATIC | 14 % | 9 |
| HARD | 14 % | 4 |
| KNOTTY | 14 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tough to figure out
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- decode
- generate
- taff
- fix
- find
- think
- plan
- planned
- planning
- plans
- decoding
- reach
Crossword Answer definitions
THORNY adjective- Having thorns or spines
- Troublesome or vexatious
- Aloof and irritable
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 THORNY
- Like rosebushes
- Vexatious
- Difficult
- Not easy to solve
- Problematic
- Prickly
- Tough to figure out
- Sticky
- Complex, as a predicament
- Complicated, as a problem
More clues leading to the result TRICKY
- Devious
- Deceptive
- ___ Dick (Nixon nickname)
- Unpredictable
- Hard to unravel
- Tough to figure out
- Requiring delicate handling
- Sly
- Unreliable.
- Deceptive.
More clues leading to the result ENIGMATIC
- Hard to figure out
- Cryptic
- Hard to read
- Mysterious
- Baffling
- Very strange
- Puzzling
- Puzzling.
- Inexplicable.
- Like Mona Lisa's smile.
More clues leading to the result HARD
- No picnic
- Unyielding
- Like a Friday crossword
- Ready to get down, in a way
- Posing a challenge
- Nearly unsolvable
- Stony
- Demanding
- Like most themeless puzzles
- 10 on the Mohs scale