Social goofball

The answer

NERD

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Bookish type - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• 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 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

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.

• Social equal - PEER, used 85 times
• Social reformer Jacob - RIIS, used 37 times
• Social climber - SNOB, used 28 times
• Social insects - ANTS, used 28 times
• Social slight - SNUB, used 28 times
• Social standard - NORM, used 28 times

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