Clues for the word "BURLY"
We've had 27 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 30 times in crosswords. It was last seen in King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer crossword on April 10, 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
- 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
- Jonesin - January 11, 2003
- Guardian Cryptic - December 03, 1999