The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word AFRAID , but the solution may also be CHICKEN which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Wall Street Journal).
Yellow crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AFRAID | 11 % | 6 |
| GUTLESS | 11 % | 7 |
| OCHRE | 7 % | 5 |
| DEERXING | 4 % | 8 |
| CRAVEN | 4 % | 6 |
| COWARDLY | 4 % | 8 |
| YOLK | 4 % | 4 |
| MAIZE | 4 % | 5 |
| CANARY | 4 % | 6 |
| SCARED | 4 % | 6 |
| GOLDEN | 2 % | 6 |
| ICTEROID | 2 % | 8 |
| OCHEROUS | 2 % | 8 |
| CHICKEN | 2 % | 7 |
| AMBER | 2 % | 5 |
| CHINESERIVER | 2 % | 12 |
| FEVERORSEA | 2 % | 10 |
| LEMON | 2 % | 5 |
| HAMMERJACKETDOGORTAIL | 2 % | 21 |
| EGGYOLK | 2 % | 7 |
| ROSEOFTEXASORPAGES | 2 % | 18 |
| LILYLIVERED | 2 % | 11 |
| GOLD | 2 % | 4 |
| CHICKENHEARTED | 2 % | 14 |
| BUFF | 2 % | 4 |
| PUSILLANIMOUS | 2 % | 13 |
| ROSEOFTEXAS | 2 % | 11 |
| SERE | 2 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Yellow
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- colored
- chicken
- chromatic
- jaundiced
- fearful
- unhealthy
- cowardly
- coward
- sensational
- irrational
- dishonorable
- dishonourable
Crossword Answer definitions
AFRAID adjective- (usually used predicatively, not attributively, be afraid) Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
- Regretful, sorry.
- (used with for) Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something).
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 AFRAID
- Scared
- Shivering in one's shoes
- Petrified
- Chicken
- Terror-stricken
- Timorous
- Fainthearted
- Frightened
- Shaking in one's shoes
- Yellow
More clues leading to the result GUTLESS
More clues leading to the result OCHRE
- Earthy pigment
- Earth tone
- Earthy color
- Iron oxide mixture
- Yellow shade
- Brownish pigment
- Earth pigment
- Dark Yellow pigment
- Dark yellow colour
- Reddish yellow (var.)
More clues leading to the result DEERXING
- [Yellow]
- Sign with an antlered pictogram
- Road sign that hints at what can be found three times in this puzzle's grid
More clues leading to the result CRAVEN
- Cowardly
- Horror director Wes
- See 11-Across
- Very fearful
- Lily-livered
- Yellow
- Timorous
- Coward.
- Well-known actor and playwright.
- Frank ___, famous narrator in Wilder's "Our Town."
More clues leading to the result COWARDLY
- Like a literary lion?
- Lacking backbone
- Like Lahr's Lion
- Describing a fictional lion.
- Yellow
- Short on courage
- Short on gumption
- Weak-__
More clues leading to the result YOLK
- Egg-white omelet's lack
- Greasy substance found in unprocessed sheep's wool
- Nourishment for an embryo
- White counterpart
- It may get separated from its surroundings
- Cholesterol provider
- Sunny side?
- Egg feature
- Egg part
- The "sun" in "sunnyside up"
More clues leading to the result MAIZE
- Early Thanksgiving fare
- Ethanol source
- See 30-Across
- Sweet corn
- Corn
- Pale yellow shade
- Some ears
- Thanksgiving veggie
- Corn, to Brits
- With 84-Down, succotash
More clues leading to the result CANARY
- Stool pigeon
- Stoolie
- One who cracks under interrogation, slangily
- Bright yellow
- Yellow bird
- Tweety, e.g.
- Household warbler
- Singer in a cage
- Spain's ___ Islands
- Vivid yellow
More clues leading to the result SCARED
- One way to run
- With knees knocking
- Spooked
- Fear-stricken
- Panic-stricken
- Worried
- White as a sheet, maybe
- Chicken
- Suffused with fear
- Terror-stricken
More clues leading to the result GOLDEN
- With 56-Across, awards for which this puzzle's theme answers might be eligible?
- Like silence
- Kind of calf or boy
- Like the mythical apple of discord
- Like goose eggs in a fairy tale
- Highly favored
- ___ retriever
- Eagle or oldie
- Parachute opener?
- The color of silence?
More clues leading to the result ICTEROID
More clues leading to the result OCHEROUS
More clues leading to the result CHICKEN
- Domesticated fowl
- See 9-across
- Cowardly
- Barnyard bird
- Game for daredevils
- Cowardly: G. I. slang.
- Menu item.
- Be a coward, with "out"
- Southern specialty
- Coward
More clues leading to the result AMBER
- Fossil resin
- Resin
- Waves of grain color
- "Jurassic Park" mosquito preserver
- The color of honey
- Forever __
- Insect-trapping goo
- Honey-colored
- Old bug-trapper
- Yellowish-brown
More clues leading to the result CHINESERIVER
More clues leading to the result FEVERORSEA
More clues leading to the result LEMON
- Iced-tea add-in
- Ade juice
- Ade variety
- Detroit dud
- Problematic car
- Symbol of sourness
- A real dud
- Water garnish
- Auto freshener option
- Subject of many a "Car Talk" call
More clues leading to the result HAMMERJACKETDOGORTAIL
More clues leading to the result EGGYOLK
- Crème brûlée ingredient
- Ingredient of zabaglione.
- Important source of protein.
- Poundcake ingredient
- The 'sun' in 'sunny side up'
- Yellow
More clues leading to the result ROSEOFTEXASORPAGES
More clues leading to the result LILYLIVERED
More clues leading to the result GOLD
- Au
- Precious metal
- Top Olympics prize
- Sarah Hughes took it
- See 7-Down
- Sourdough bread?
- Prospector's prize
- Sourdough's dream
- Sourdough's hope
- Top prize
More clues leading to the result CHICKENHEARTED
More clues leading to the result BUFF
- Totally jacked
- Having a toned bod
- Enthusiast
- Put a shine on
- Like a bodybuilder
- Ripped, in gym lingo
- In fine muscular form
- Ripped
- Toned
- In the ___ (nude)