The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word IDLER , but the solution may also be BIGSPENDER which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Wall Street Journal).
Wastrel crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| IDLER | 46 % | 5 |
| ROUNDER | 23 % | 7 |
| NEERDOWELL | 8 % | 10 |
| TRIFLER | 8 % | 7 |
| BIGSPENDER | 8 % | 10 |
| MISUSER | 8 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Wastrel
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- waster
- rounder
- spendthrift
- profligate
- dissolute
- layabout
- feckless
- shiftless
- caddish
- scapegrace
- thriftless
- aristocrat
Crossword Answer definitions
IDLER noun- One who idles; one who spends his or her time in inaction.
- One who idles; a lazy person; a sluggard.
- Any member of a ship's crew who is not required to keep the night-watch
- A mechanical device such as a pulley or wheel that does not transmit power, but supports a moving belt etc.
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 IDLER
More clues leading to the result ROUNDER
- Not as flat
- Wastrel
- More pudgy
- More spherical
- Clothing display rack
- More circular
- Spendthrift bon vivant.
- One who does the town.
- Habitual drunkard
- Drunkard
More clues leading to the result NEERDOWELL
- Good-for-nothing
- Worthless sort
- Wastrel (see letters 5 through 9)
- Good-for-nothing.
- Black sheep.
- Relative of a black sheep.
- Scapegrace.
- Cousin of a sad sack.
- Shiftless.
- Black sheep's cousin.
More clues leading to the result TRIFLER
More clues leading to the result BIGSPENDER
- Tune from "Sweet Charity"
- Song from "Sweet Charity"
- High roller
- Spare-no-cost type
- No skinflint
- Extravagant one
- Dream of every gold digger
- Profligate
- Maker of a small purchase, sarcastically
- Hardly a cheapskate