Poor, as excuses

The answer

LAME

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Limping - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
• 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
• 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.

• Poor grades - DEES, used 75 times
• "___, poor Yorick!" - ALAS, used 75 times
• "Poor me!" - ALAS, used 37 times
• Money for the poor - ALMS, used 32 times
• "___ for the poor" - ALMS, used 31 times
• "__, poor Yorick!": Hamlet - ALAS, used 17 times

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