Bookish type

The answer

NERD

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

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 6 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.

• SCHOLAR (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for NERD

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

• Dweeb - used 168 times, most recently in 2026
• Geek - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Social misfit - used 41 times, most recently in 2019
• Uncool one - used 35 times, most recently in 2023
• Uncool sort - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Dork - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Geeky type - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Uncool fellow - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Egghead - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• Geeky sort - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Square - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Uncool person - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Stereotypical techie - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Bookish sort - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Dorky sort - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Big Bang Theory" type - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Bully's target - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• High school misfit - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Jock's antithesis - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Geek (out) - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Square figure - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Square one - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Unhip type - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Unlikely prom king - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Wimp's cousin - used 10 times, most recently in 1991
• Overly bookish sort - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• Uncool type - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Computer ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Geeky guy - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Goofball - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Hardly Mr. Cool - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Socially inept sort - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Aficionado - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ alert!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Bookworm - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Dweeby sort - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Eggheady sort - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Geeky one - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Jerk - used 7 times, most recently in 1992
• Many a character on "The Big Bang Theory" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Scholastic stereotype - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Single-minded expert - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Social flop - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Uncool student - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Unlikely candidate for prom king - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Unlikely class president - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Bully's target, often - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Pocket-protector wearer, stereotypically - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Social goofball - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Social outcast - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Stereotypical mathlete - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Stereotypical sci-fi fan - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Taped-eyeglasses wearer - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Techie, traditionally - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Twerp's cousin - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Wonk - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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