Short (of)
The crossword clue "Short (of)" is answered by SHY, a 3-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SHY
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHY answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1969. 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.
- NEEDING (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for SHY
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHY, most used first.
- Bashful - used 229 times, most recently in 2026
- Timid - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
- Retiring - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Short - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
- Like a wallflower - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Reserved - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Diffident - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Not outgoing - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Introverted - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Far from forward - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Lacking - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
- Like a shrinking violet - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Reticent - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Withdrawn - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Just short - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Unassertive - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Deficient - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Unlikely to make the first move - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Demure - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Hardly outgoing - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Inclined to avoid the spotlight - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Not forward - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Recoil - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Sheepish - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Skittish - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
- Like wallflowers - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Reluctant to mingle - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Like Bashful - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Mousy - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- "Once bitten, twice ___" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Owing - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Owing the pot - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Shrinking - used 6 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.
- Back muscle, for short - LAT, used 189 times
- Life story, for short - BIO, used 140 times
- Sixth sense, for short - ESP, used 137 times
- Chest muscle, for short - PEC, used 120 times
- Short snooze - NAP, used 98 times
- Aliens, for short - ETS, used 91 times
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