The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word EARNED which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2019.
Was worthy of crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EARNED | 43 % | 6 |
| DESERVED | 21 % | 8 |
| MERITED | 21 % | 7 |
| BORE | 7 % | 4 |
| RATED | 7 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Was worthy of
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- deserved
- merited
- adequate
- esteemable
- estimable
- fit
- merit
- meritorious
- worthies
- able
- average
- beseem
Crossword Answer definitions
EARNED verb- To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
- To receive payment for work.
- To receive payment for work.
- To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.
- To achieve by being worthy of.
- To curdle, as milk.
- To long; to yearn.
- To grieve.
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 EARNED
- Was entitled to
- Made
- Took home
- Acquired by labor
- Pulled down
- Achieved on merit
- Gained through hard work
- Like most runs, in baseball
- Part of ERA
- Brought home
More clues leading to the result DESERVED
More clues leading to the result MERITED
- Earned
- Had coming
- Deserved
- Was entitled to
- Just
- Earned.
- Well deserved.
- Deserved.
- Was worthy of.
- Not awarded by accident, say
More clues leading to the result BORE
- Brought forth
- Induce yawning
- Put to sleep
- See 33A
- Predictable person
- Make a tunnel
- "A person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it," according to Henry Ford
- "It's such a ___ Being always Poor" (Langston Hughes)
- 20-Across, e.g., especially during solving
- Annoying drip