Like a milquetoast
The crossword clue "Like a milquetoast" is answered by MEEK, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MEEK
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MEEK answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 8 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.
- WIMPY (3 uses in xd)
- WUSSY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for MEEK
Every other clue in this collection answered by MEEK, most used first.
- Timid - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
- Submissive - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Docile - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Unassuming - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Earth inheritors - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
- Far from bold - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Overly compliant - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Earth's inheritors? - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Humble - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Overly submissive - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Mild-mannered - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- "... the ___ shall inherit ..." - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- "The ___ shall inherit the earth" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Earth inheritors, with "the" - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Easily imposed upon - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Not at all assertive - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Mousy - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- They shall inherit the earth - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Like ___ of bricks - ATON, used 201 times
- Fly like an eagle - SOAR, used 141 times
- Like some vaccines - ORAL, used 103 times
- Like fine wine - AGED, used 99 times
- Sleep like ___ - ALOG, used 96 times
- Move like molasses - OOZE, used 83 times
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