Bleak. Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Bleak featured in New York Times puzzle on October 17, 2025. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 4 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is DIRE.

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12 Potential Answers:

AnswerLengthSourceDate
DIRE Bleak (4) New York Times Oct 17, 2025
JOYLESS Bleak (7) (7) The Guardian Quick Aug 11, 2025
GRIM Bleak (4) Universal Jun 18, 2025
WINTRY Bleak (6) The Telegraph Quick Feb 19, 2024
DISMAL Bleak (6) New York Times Dec 16, 2023
DESOLATE Bleak (8)
DREARY Bleak (6) Eugene Sheffer Sep 9, 2019
RAW Bleak (3)
DREAR Bleak (5) The Telegraph Quick Mar 20, 2017
STARK Bleak (5)

28 Similar Clues:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
32% ITSBAD Bleak assessment (6) LA Times Daily Oct 22, 2025
30% BLEAKEN To make bleak (7)
30% GLOOM Bleak feeling (5)
30% GRUEL Bleak breakfast (5) LA Times Daily Sep 21, 2024
30% NOIR Bleak genre (4) LA Times Daily May 16, 2021
30% DARK Depressingly bleak (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 17, 2020
30% DARKDAYS Bleak times (8) Universal Aug 27, 2020
30% MOORS Bleak landscapes (5) Wall Street Journal Apr 29, 2020
30% DREARIEST Most bleak (9) Premier Sunday Apr 12, 2020
30% WINDSWEPT Bleak and exposed (9) The Sun Two Speed Jul 5, 2019

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