Clues for the word "BORING"
We've had 31 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 57 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on October 18, 2025.
Definition of boring
- p. pr. & vb. n. - of Bore
- n. - The act or process of one who, or that which, bores; as, the boring of cannon; the boring of piles and ship timbers by certain marine mollusks.
- n. - A hole made by boring.
- n. - The chips or fragments made by boring.
Referring Clues
- Ho-hum
- Dull
- Yawn-inducing
- [Yawn!]
- Blah
- Tedious
- Dead, so to speak
- Word a preacher hates to hear to describe his sermons
- Tiresome
- Likely to elicit a nod?
- Accruing very little interest?
- Making holes is not at all interesting
- Drilling is uninteresting
- Dull king captivated by sound of spring
- Drilling
- Pigs' group said to lack interest
- Do soldiers find drill so?
- Uninteresting
- To drill can be tedious
- Bit required for this routine
- *See 61-Across
- Drilling holes is tedious
- Escort round old flat
- Woodworm's work routine
- Dull, repetitious
- Unexciting
- Humdrum
- Bring love into it, which is tedious
- Company founded by Elon Musk that sold "flamethrowers" in 2018
- Do soldiers find drill so?
- Wearisome
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - October 18, 2025
- Mirror Mini - October 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 08, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - April 20, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - March 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 05, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - October 28, 2024
- Mirror Mini - September 04, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - July 04, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - October 18, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - September 08, 2023
- Mirror Mini - September 04, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - April 20, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - March 18, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - December 07, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - September 28, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 15, 2022
- Mirror Mini - September 04, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - August 09, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - July 19, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - June 13, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - October 18, 2017
- Mirror Mini - October 07, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - July 14, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - June 28, 2017
- Daily Cryptic - April 20, 2017
- Wall Street Journal - February 28, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - November 23, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 07, 2016
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