The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FRILL which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1951.
Useless adornment crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FRILL | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Useless adornment
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- frippery
- junk
- null
- supersede
- austere
- bare
- embellishment
- frill
- gingerbread
- plain
- boondoggle
- break
Crossword Answer definitions
FRILL noun- A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.
- A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric.
- A wrinkled edge to a film.
- Something extraneous or not essential; something purely for show or effect; a luxury.
- The relatively extensive margin seen on the back of the heads of reptiles, with either a bony support or a cartilaginous one.
- To make into a frill.
- To become wrinkled.
- To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back in crimped plaits.
- To shake or shiver as with cold (with reference to a hawk).
- To cry (with reference to a bird of prey).
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