Clues for the word "BURLY"
We've had 27 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 32 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Quick crossword on November 21, 2025.
Definition of burly
- a. - Having a large, strong, or gross body; stout; lusty; -- now used chiefly of human beings, but formerly of animals, in the sense of stately or beautiful, and of inanimate things that were huge and bulky.
- a. - Coarse and rough; boisterous.
Referring Clues
- Like Paul Bunyan
- Strapping
- Big and strong
- Bunyanesque
- Stocky
- Stout and strapping
- Husky
- Brawny
- Thickset
- Muscular
- Muscular and heavily built
- Musclebound
- Built like a bouncer
- Beefy
- Big, like a lumberjack
- Strong and heavy in build
- Big and thickset
- In Lancashire town, student makes stout
- Muscular, but not exactly a bully
- Robust
- Built like the Hulk
- Far from 24-Across
- Of sturdy build
- Big and husky
- Built like a tank
- Strapping left in place
- Sturdy
Last Seen In
- Daily Quick - November 21, 2025
- LA Times - June 01, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 10, 2025
- New York Times - April 06, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - March 22, 2025
- Your Life Choices - January 05, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 29, 2024
- LA Times - September 20, 2024
- Daily Quick - May 07, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 02, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - February 15, 2024
- Daily Quick - November 21, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - August 11, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - August 11, 2022
- Daily Quick - November 21, 2017
- Netword - September 22, 2017
- Guardian Speedy - April 30, 2017
- Universal - July 18, 2016
- New York Times - November 10, 2015
- New York Times - August 01, 2015
- LA Times - September 01, 2013
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - August 25, 2013
- USA Today - November 07, 2011
- Washington Post - September 02, 2010
- Canadiana - June 08, 2009
- Universal - October 17, 2008
- Guardian Quick - December 05, 2007
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - July 08, 2007
- Netword - November 17, 2006
- USA Today - June 04, 2003
- And in 2 more crossword puzzles...