The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TRITE , but the solution may also be BANAL which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in USA Today).
Unoriginal crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TRITE | 38 % | 5 |
| BANAL | 21 % | 5 |
| OLD | 18 % | 3 |
| STALE | 9 % | 5 |
| TIRED | 3 % | 5 |
| DULL | 3 % | 4 |
| APISH | 3 % | 5 |
| NOTNEW | 3 % | 6 |
| IMITATIVE | 3 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Unoriginal
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- corny
- stale
- banal
- platitudinal
- platitudinous
- bromidic
- trite
- hackneyed
- cliched
- tired
- timeworn
- shopworn
Crossword Answer definitions
TRITE adjective- Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.
- So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law.
- A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.
- Trite, a genus of spiders, found in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, of the family Salticidae.
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 TRITE
- Hackneyed
- Unoriginal
- Overdone
- Uninspired
- Like cliches
- Overused
- Like hackneyed writing
- Stale
- Far from fresh
- Worn out by use
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 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 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 TIRED
More clues leading to the result DULL
- Blunt
- In need of honing
- Lackluster
- Yawn-provoking
- Snooze-worthy
- Jejune
- Far from bright
- Blah
- Like some aches
- Ho-hum
More clues leading to the result APISH
- Imitative
- Foolishly imitative
- Gorilla-like
- Given to copying?
- Dumbly imitative
- Parrot-like
- Silly or simian
- Gorillalike
- Really silly
- Foolishly silly