The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LANK , but the solution may also be SKINNY which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Very thin crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LANK | 25 % | 4 |
| SKINNY | 15 % | 6 |
| GAUNT | 15 % | 5 |
| SHEER | 10 % | 5 |
| PAPERY | 10 % | 6 |
| HAIRLINE | 5 % | 8 |
| BONY | 5 % | 4 |
| LANKY | 5 % | 5 |
| SKELETAL | 5 % | 8 |
| REEDY | 5 % | 5 |
Why may SKINNY be the right solution?
The word "skinny" means very thin, especially in a way that is unattractive or unhealthy. Therefore, it is the correct answer to the clue "Very thin".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Very thin
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- gaunt
- emaciated
- skinny
- bony
- lank
- thin
- lean
- emaciation
- shell
- knock out
- skeletal
- wasted
Crossword Answer definitions
LANK verb- To become lank.
- Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
- Meagre, paltry, scant in quantity.
- (of hair) Straight and flat; thin and limp. (Often associated with being greasy.)
- Languid; drooping, slack.
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 LANK
- Long and lean
- Limp, of hair
- Slender
- Tall and thin
- Rangy
- Long and slender
- Unduly long and slender, as grass
- Lean
- Slender and thin
- Gaunt
More clues leading to the result SKINNY
- Real story
- Inside info
- Like a person in an "after" photo, often
- Nonfat, in coffeehouse lingo
- Poop
- Underweight
- Adjective for Olive Oyl
- Lowdown
- Gossip, slangily
- Gossip
More clues leading to the result GAUNT
- Scrawny
- Extremely lean
- Too thin
- Overly thin
- Very thin
- Thin and angular
- Hardly hearty
- Emaciated-looking
- Emaciated
- Thin and bony
More clues leading to the result SHEER
- Fine, and transparent
- Like some hosiery
- Like some lingerie
- See-through
- Like some drops
- Like some pantyhose
- Downright
- Nearly vertical
- Like some hose
- Transparent
More clues leading to the result PAPERY
- Thin
- Thin, in a way
- Thin or flimsy
- Very thin
- Like a wasp's nest
- Flimsy
- Like onionskin.
- Thin as onionskin.
- Having a flimsy texture
- Tissuelike
More clues leading to the result HAIRLINE
- It may be receding
- Kind of fracture
- This often recedes with time
- Commonly receding boundary
- Mr. Clean's lack
- Very thin
- Very narrow
- Narrow color striping, in textiles.
- Very slender margin.
- Aging Romeo's concern
More clues leading to the result BONY
- In need of fattening up
- Undernourished
- Like a skeleton
- Like a witch's fingers
- Extremely thin
- Scrawny
- Skeletal
- Too thin
- Skinny
- Like unfilleted sardines
More clues leading to the result LANKY
- Ungracefully thin
- Gangling
- Ungainly
- Like many Olympic high jumpers
- Like some long-limbed people
- Tall and spare
- Thin and rawboned
- Tall and thin
- Long-limbed
- Hardly obese
More clues leading to the result SKELETAL
- Like an incomplete plan
- Like the Peking man's remains
- Very thin
- Like some closet findings?
- Not fleshed out
- Existing only in outline
- Pertaining to bones.
- Structural.
- Like framework.
- Emaciated