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 |
| OLDHAT | 6 % | 6 |
| OLD | 6 % | 3 |
| OVERUSED | 5 % | 8 |
| OVERDONE | 2 % | 8 |
| BROMIDIC | 2 % | 8 |
| WARMEDOVER | 1 % | 10 |
| HACKNEYED | 1 % | 9 |
| PAT | 1 % | 3 |
| UNINSPIRED | 1 % | 10 |
| TIRED | 1 % | 5 |
| FADE | 1 % | 4 |
| DATED | 1 % | 5 |
| HOARY | 1 % | 5 |
| INANE | 1 % | 5 |
| CLICHE | 1 % | 6 |
| COMMONPLACE | 1 % | 11 |
| PASSE | 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 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- Outdated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 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 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 WARMEDOVER
More clues leading to the result HACKNEYED
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 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
More clues leading to the result HOARY
- White with age
- Grizzled
- Ancient
- Gray-haired
- Old and gray
- Like the Ancient Mariner
- Frost-covered
- Gray with age
- White with frost
- Grayish white
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