The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word MODEST , but the solution may also be MEEK which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Unassuming crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MODEST | 59 % | 6 |
| MEEK | 28 % | 4 |
| SHY | 7 % | 3 |
| NATURAL | 3 % | 7 |
| HUMBLE | 3 % | 6 |
Why may MEEK be the right solution?
The word "meek" means being quiet, gentle, and not drawing attention to oneself. It perfectly fits the clue "unassuming" as it describes someone who is modest and humble.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Unassuming
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- modest
- retiring
- humble
- small
- lowly
- pretention
- unpretentious
- affable
- amiable
- unprepossessing
- unimposing
- nondescript
Crossword Answer definitions
MODEST adjective- Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.
- Small, moderate in size.
- Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety.
- (especially of behaviour or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in 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 MODEST
- Humble composer reinterpreted by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, familiarly (6)
- Not liable to crow
- Understated
- Unostentatious
- Not at all vain
- Unassuming
- Shy
- Hardly extravagant
- Demure
- Not pretentious
More clues leading to the result MEEK
- Inheritors?
- Submissive
- Docile or gentle
- Docile
- Like a milquetoast
- Earth inheritors?
- Mild-mannered
- Earth's heirs?
- Earth's inheritors
- Far from bold
More clues leading to the result SHY
- Bashful
- Short
- " ... twice __."
- Not at all outgoing
- Unlikely to mix
- Averse to first moves
- Retiring
- Tending to shrink
- Like a wallflower
- Owing
More clues leading to the result NATURAL
- Musical symbol
- Unaffected
- With nothing added
- With 93 Down, urge
- Like organic food
- 7 or 11 on the opening roll at craps is an example of a ___ number
- 7 or 11, to Sky Masterson
- Not man-made
- Word before beauty or bridge
- 7 or 11, in craps