The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MESSY , but the solution may also be RAGGED which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
Unkempt crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MESSY | 34 % | 5 |
| SEEDY | 22 % | 5 |
| RAGTAG | 10 % | 6 |
| RATTY | 9 % | 5 |
| SLOPPY | 4 % | 6 |
| SCRAGGLY | 4 % | 8 |
| SHAGGY | 2 % | 6 |
| RAGGED | 2 % | 6 |
| SHABBY | 2 % | 6 |
| SLOVEN | 1 % | 6 |
| TALLY | 1 % | 5 |
| MANGY | 1 % | 5 |
| AMESS | 1 % | 5 |
| SHAGRAG | 1 % | 7 |
| BLOWZY | 1 % | 6 |
| SCRUFFY | 1 % | 7 |
| MUSSED | 1 % | 6 |
| SEAMY | 1 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Unkempt
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- untidy
- ungroomed
- uncombed
- ragtag
- seamy
- caxon
- ratty
- scruffy
- scraggly
- unkept
- straggly
- slovenly
Crossword Answer definitions
MESSY adjective- (of a place, situation, person, etc) In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.
- (of a person) Prone to causing mess.
- (of a situation) Difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
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 MESSY
- In need of cleaning
- Like Junior's room, perhaps
- Neat? Not!
- Rancorous, as a divorce
- Tough to resolve
- Sloppy
- Not at all neat
- Complicated, as a breakup
- Like some divorces
- Unkempt
More clues leading to the result SEEDY
- Like a fleabag
- Not exactly elegant
- Adjective for Burpee's business?
- In sorry shape
- Far from four-star
- Ragtag
- Run-down
- Shabby
- Far from posh
- Disreputable
More clues leading to the result RAGTAG
- Like Washington's troops
- Motley
- Not exactly natty
- Unkempt
- Not immaculate, maybe
- Disheveled
- Like a hodgepodge
- Hardly polished
- Shabby
- Diverse
More clues leading to the result RATTY
- Well-worn
- Dilapidated
- Somewhat rundown
- In shabby shape
- Overrun with vermin
- Tattered and torn
- Shabby
- Torn and tattered
- Dirty and unkempt
- Wretched
More clues leading to the result SLOPPY
- Like many a bachelor pad
- Careless, as writing
- Slipshod
- Careless
- __ Joe: ground-beef-on-a-bun concoction
- Unkempt
- Hardly orderly
- __ Joe
- ___ Joe
- Unfit for detail work
More clues leading to the result SCRAGGLY
More clues leading to the result SHAGGY
- Like dogs in long tales?
- Hirsute
- Disney's "The ___ Dog"
- Unkempt
- Like Old English sheepdogs
- Like some dogs' coats
- "Scooby-Doo" character
- Adjective for a "dog story."
- Long-haired.
- Like some dog stories
More clues leading to the result RAGGED
- Certainly not dressed for a job interview
- Imperfect
- Tattered
- Uneven
- In tatters
- Irregular
- Frayed.
- Uneven.
- Rip's attire is.
- Shaggy.
More clues leading to the result SHABBY
- Dilapidated
- Not well-kept
- Hardly well kept
- Neglected
- Seedy
- Unkempt
- Ramshackle
- Inferior
- "Not too __!": "Good work!"
- Not well maintained
More clues leading to the result SLOVEN
- Slob
- Litterbug
- Slipshod one
- Untidy person
- Oscar Madison type
- No neatnik
- Untidy sort
- One carelessly dressed.
- Unkempt.
- Sloppy dresser.
More clues leading to the result TALLY
More clues leading to the result MANGY
- Worn , as a rug
- Squalid
- Rundown and filthy
- Like many a mutt
- Like a stray mutt
- Contemptible
- Shabby
- Unkempt
- Like some strays
- Like some stray mutts
More clues leading to the result AMESS
- Make __ of (bungle)
- "What __ you've made!"
- Sold for __ of pottage
- "This room is __!"
- In ___ (untidy)
- Make ___ of (bungle)
- "What ___!" ("Yuck!")
- Thoroughly fouled up
- "Don't make ___" (Mom's admonition)
- Make ___ of