The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HARD , but the solution may also be THORNY which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in USA Today).
Tough to solve crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HARD | 57 % | 4 |
| NASTY | 14 % | 5 |
| THORNY | 14 % | 6 |
| KNOTTY | 14 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tough to solve
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- difficult
- hard
- challenging
- formidable
- testing
- port royal
- fiendish
- murderous
- toughness
- hardness
- religious leader
- tore
Crossword Answer definitions
HARD noun- A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
- A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.
- Crack cocaine.
- Hard labor.
- (of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
- (personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
- Unquestionable.
- (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
- (of a male) Sexually aroused.
- Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
- Plosive.
- Unvoiced
- Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized
- Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.
- In a physical form, not digital.
- Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command.
- Far, extreme.
- Of silk: not having had the natural gum boiled off.
- (manner) With much force or effort.
- (manner) With difficulty.
- So as to raise difficulties.
- (manner) Compactly.
- Near, close.
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 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
More clues leading to the result NASTY
- Malicious
- Painful
- Particularly unpleasant
- Bitter
- Foul-smelling
- Not at all nice
- Mean-spirited
- Foul-tasking
- Vile
- Janet Jackson, 1986
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