Like a church mouse
The crossword clue "Like a church mouse" is answered by POOR, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
POOR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the POOR answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for POOR
Every other clue in this collection answered by POOR, most used first.
- Low-quality - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
- Indigent - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Penniless - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
- Needy - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Substandard - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Destitute - used 35 times, most recently in 2023
- Inferior - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Impoverished - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Inadequate. - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Impecunious - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Hard up - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
- Unsatisfactory - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Shoddy - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Below average - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- D-worthy - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Not up to snuff - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Of low quality - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Third-rate - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Subpar - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- D - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Down-and-out - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- In need - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Like Franklin's Richard - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Meager - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Worth a D - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Fifth-rate - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Unfortunate - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
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.
- Church recess - APSE, used 253 times
- Church area - APSE, used 216 times
- Church section - APSE, used 206 times
- Like ___ of bricks - ATON, used 201 times
- Fly like an eagle - SOAR, used 141 times
- Church service - MASS, used 130 times
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