The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word RAW , but the solution may also be CRUDE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Unrefined crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RAW | 26 % | 3 |
| CRASS | 26 % | 5 |
| CRUDE | 23 % | 5 |
| COARSE | 14 % | 6 |
| EARTHY | 3 % | 6 |
| ROUGH | 2 % | 5 |
| RUDE | 1 % | 4 |
| BASE | 1 % | 4 |
| GROSS | 1 % | 5 |
| BOORISH | 1 % | 7 |
| OAFISH | 1 % | 6 |
| PLEBEIAN | 1 % | 8 |
Why may ROUGH be the right solution?
The word "rough" means lacking refinement or polish. It is a suitable answer for the clue "unrefined" because it conveys the idea of something being in a raw or unfinished state.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Unrefined
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- crude
- crass
- rough
- coarse
- lowbred
- underbred
- uncultured
- oafish
- ill-bred
- vulgar
- loutish
- boorish
Crossword Answer definitions
RAW noun- (sugar refining, sugar trade) An unprocessed sugar; a batch of such.
- A galled place; an inveterate sore.
- (by extension) A point about which a person is particularly sensitive.
- A recording or rip of a show that has not been fansubbed.
- A scan that has not been cleaned (purged of blemishes arising from the scanning process) and has not been scanlated.
- (of food) Not cooked.
- (of materials, products, etc.) Not treated or processed; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed.
- Having had the skin removed or abraded; chafed, tender; exposed, lacerated.
- New or inexperienced.
- Crude in quality; rough, uneven, unsophisticated.
- (of data) Uncorrected, without analysis.
- (of weather) Unpleasantly cold or damp.
- (of an emotion, personality, etc.) Unmasked, undisguised, strongly expressed
- Candid in a representation of unpleasant facts, conditions, etc.
- (of language) Unrefined, crude, or insensitive, especially with reference to sexual matters
- Not covered; bare; bald.
- Without a condom.
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 RAW
- Fish for sushi
- Fresh
- Like sashimi
- Rarer than rare
- Inflamed
- Like some bars
- Like sushi
- Not cooked
- Unrefined
- Wet behind the ears
More clues leading to the result CRASS
More clues leading to the result CRUDE
- Totally tactless
- Exxon Valdez spill
- Unrefined
- Petroleum
- Boorish
- Unrefined cargo
- Tactless
- Like shacks and shanties
- Lacking comportment
- Rudimentary
More clues leading to the result COARSE
- Like some files
- Rough
- Grating
- Far from finely ground
- Rough or vulgar
- Indelicate
- Like sandpaper
- Not fine
- Unrefined
- Like some sandpaper
More clues leading to the result EARTHY
- Down-home
- Natural
- Off-color, as humor
- Coarse, as humor
- Practical
- Coarse
- Lacking refinement
- Ribald
- Like a garden aroma
- Like the smell of soil
More clues leading to the result ROUGH
- Ill-mannered
- Tiger Woods tries to stay out of it
- Sandpaper-like
- Like rocky roads
- Fairway flanker
- Fairway neighbor
- Characterized by violence
- Fairway boundary
- Hardly like a walk in the park
- Like Teddy's Riders
More clues leading to the result RUDE
- Lacking couth
- Lacking refinement
- Uncouth
- Boorish
- Hardly gentlemanly
- Discourteous
- Ill-mannered
- Impolite
- Least like Miss Manners
- Bad-mannered
More clues leading to the result BASE
- Diamond corner
- Kind of pay
- Military installation
- Safari camp
- Shea sack
- Foundation
- Knavish
- Ballplayer's theft
- Headquarters
- See 40-Across
More clues leading to the result GROSS
- 144
- Twelve square
- Flagrant
- "Ugh"
- Pre-deductions
- Dozen dozen
- Evoking an Eeewwww!
- A dozen dozen
- Take in
- Opposite of net