The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BANAL which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2021.
Trite crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BANAL | 36 % | 5 |
| STALE | 22 % | 5 |
| CORNY | 9 % | 5 |
| OLD | 6 % | 3 |
| OLDHAT | 6 % | 6 |
| OVERUSED | 5 % | 8 |
| OVERDONE | 2 % | 8 |
| BROMIDIC | 2 % | 8 |
| PAT | 1 % | 3 |
| UNINSPIRED | 1 % | 10 |
| TIRED | 1 % | 5 |
| WARMEDOVER | 1 % | 10 |
| HACKNEYED | 1 % | 9 |
| INANE | 1 % | 5 |
| CLICHE | 1 % | 6 |
| COMMONPLACE | 1 % | 11 |
| PASSE | 1 % | 5 |
| FADE | 1 % | 4 |
| DATED | 1 % | 5 |
| HOARY | 1 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Trite
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hackneyed
- banal
- commonplace
- unoriginal
- tired
- timeworn
- shopworn
- well-worn
- threadbare
- stock
- cliché
- bromidic
Crossword Answer definitions
BANAL adjective- Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
- (history) Relating to a type of feudal jurisdiction or service.
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 BANAL
- Corny
- Trite
- Hackneyed
- Unoriginal
- Commonplace
- Extremely hokey
- Not the least bit fresh
- Insipid
- Like an old saw
- Unstimulating
More clues leading to the result STALE
- Like some jokes
- Old hat
- Best bread for stuffing
- Like an old joke
- Old and worn
- Like old bread
- Dried out
- Like jokes that kids enjoy, often
- Tired
- Banal
More clues leading to the result CORNY
- Like many an old joke
- Tiresomely unsubtle
- Cliché-ridden
- Trite and mawkish
- Trite, joke-wise
- Too earnest and old-school
- Unsophisticated
- Mawkishly sentimental
- Predictable, as humor goes
- Lacking subtlety
More clues leading to the result OLD
- Like Methuselah
- Like the hills?
- Passe
- __ Nick (Satan)
- Hardly a spring chicken
- Immemorial
- Like MacDonald
- On in years
- Out of fashion
- Pre-Columbian
More clues leading to the result OLDHAT
- No longer cool
- Dated
- Been there, done that
- Passe
- Trite
- Commonplace
- No longer interesting
- Nothing new
- Outmoded
- Outdated
More clues leading to the result OVERUSED
More clues leading to the result OVERDONE
- Clichéd
- Trite
- Exaggerated
- Cooked to long
- Carried too far
- Hackneyed
- Cooked really well?
- Like some soap opera plot elements
- Like a medium steak that was ordered rare
- Burnt, maybe
More clues leading to the result BROMIDIC
More clues leading to the result PAT
- Butter portion
- Butter unit
- Lady Bird follower
- Mrs. Nixon
- Serving of 14A
- Bit of butter
- Evangelist Robertson
- One way to stand
- Singer Benatar
- Overly smooth
More clues leading to the result UNINSPIRED
More clues leading to the result TIRED
More clues leading to the result WARMEDOVER
More clues leading to the result HACKNEYED
More clues leading to the result INANE
More clues leading to the result CLICHE
- Overworked phrase
- Stale saying
- Platitude
- "Back to the salt mines," for one
- Overused idea
- Trite expression
- Bromide
- Hackneyed
- Bit of predictable prose
- It's overused
More clues leading to the result COMMONPLACE
More clues leading to the result PASSE
- Out
- Out of style
- Out-of-date
- Like stereo without Surround Sound, perhaps
- Old hat
- On the way out
- Out of date
- No longer de rigueur
- Outdated
- Like MySpace, as I was already telling everyone when Rupert Murdoch bought it
More clues leading to the result FADE
- Grow dimmer
- Lose color
- Weaken
- Disappear
- Hi-top haircut
- Become indistinct
- Scene ender
- Conclusion to some songs
- Curving golf shot
- Die off toward the end
More clues leading to the result DATED
- Old hat
- Took out
- Passe
- Against the current?
- Not terribly current
- Jarringly unmodern
- Behind the times
- Saw
- Saw socially
- Out of style