Limping

The answer

LAME

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAME answer page.

Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• HALT (1 uses in xd)
• HOBBLED (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for LAME

Every other clue in this collection answered by LAME, most used first.

• Weak, as an excuse - used 47 times, most recently in 2022
• Metallic fabric - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
• Like some excuses - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Poor, as an excuse - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Unconvincing - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Hobbling - used 31 times, most recently in 2021
• Kind of duck - used 24 times, most recently in 2018
• Poor, as excuses go - used 24 times, most recently in 2019
• Flimsy, as an excuse - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Ineffectual - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Shiny fabric - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Rich fabric. - used 17 times, most recently in 2010
• Brocaded fabric - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ duck. - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
• Fabric with metallic threads - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Like a poor excuse - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Unconvincing, as an excuse - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
• Fancy fabric - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Kind of excuse - used 12 times, most recently in 2007
• Glittery fabric - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Shimmery fabric - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Cloth of gold. - used 10 times, most recently in 1991
• Feeble - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
• Flimsy - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Weak - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Decidedly uncool - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Fancy fabric with metallic threads - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Halt - used 8 times, most recently in 1996
• Hobble - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Inadequate - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• Pathetic - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Poor, as excuses - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Exhibiting a limp - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Feeble, as an excuse - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Gold fabric - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Hobbled - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Type of duck - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Uncool - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Glittery material - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Hardly believable - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Metallic cloth - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Type of excuse - used 6 times, most recently in 2006

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
• Stead - LIEU, used 445 times
• Secular - LAIC, used 392 times
• Not as much - LESS, used 378 times
• "___ we forget" - LEST, used 354 times
• Minus - LESS, used 321 times

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