Penniless
The crossword clue "Penniless" is answered by POOR, a 4-letter entry. Used 44 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
POOR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the POOR answer page.
Used 44 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 9 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.
- FLATBROKE (7 uses in xd)
- DESTITUTE (3 uses in xd)
- STONEBROKE (3 uses in xd)
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
- 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
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.
- Nuisance - PEST, used 336 times
- "Hey, you!" - PSST, used 325 times
- Entreaty - PLEA, used 282 times
- Equal - PEER, used 256 times
- Saucy - PERT, used 233 times
- "Hey, over here!" - PSST, used 232 times
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