Less plausible, as an excuse
The crossword clue "Less plausible, as an excuse" is answered by LAMER, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LAMER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAMER answer page.
Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024. 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.
- FLIMSIER (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LAMER
Every other clue in this collection answered by LAMER, most used first.
- Debussy work - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- Debussy opus - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Debussy piece. - used 14 times, most recently in 2016
- Debussy composition - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Worse, as excuses go - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Less convincing - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- More pathetic, as excuses go - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Poorer, as excuses go - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Less common - RARER, used 151 times
- Excuse - ALIBI, used 140 times
- Less friendly - ICIER, used 86 times
- Suspect's excuse - ALIBI, used 80 times
- Less risky - SAFER, used 75 times
- Less cordial - ICIER, used 71 times
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