Clues for the word "COARSE"
We've had 93 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 206 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on March 11, 2026.
Definition of coarse
- superl. - Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.
- superl. - Not refined; rough; rude; unpolished; gross; indelicate; as, coarse manners; coarse language.
Referring Clues
- Not cultured
- Gauche
- Not fine-grained
- Rough-cut
- Unsmooth
- Like a rasp file
- Using one's shirtsleeve as a napkin, e.g.
- Ill-bred
- Unrefined
- Rough
- Indelicate
- Hardly refined
- Boorish
- Unsuitable for mixed company
- Crude
- Sandpaper designation
- Unpolished
- Churlish
- Like some sandpaper
- Sandpaper grade
- Rough, as sandpaper
- Needing polishing
- Lacking etiquette
- Grating
- Sandpaper choice
- Not refined
- Like a cat's tongue
- Not polished
- Needing refinement
- Vulgar
- Rough around the edges
- Sandpaper specification
- Sandpaperish
- Like a hair shirt
- Unfit for younger ears
- Lacking refinement
- Like sandpaper
- Harsh
- Crass
- Not smooth
- Far from finely ground
- Like burlap
- Lacking manners
- Like a woodworker's rasp
- Unsuitable for delicate ears
- Uncouth
- Granular
- Ill-mannered
- Ill mannered
- Like a rasp
- Like much locker room language
- Like beard hair, texturewise
- Sandpaper descriptor
- Gravelly
- Gritty
- Not fine
- File rating
- Vulgar - unrefined
- Unrefined blades in church
- Crude paddles in dugout canoe
- Score confused with a gross
- Rewrote a score that's lacking refinement
- Earthy path to be discussed
- Common lessons in pronunciation
- Like language that's unsuitable for G-rated movies
- Texturally rough
- Base with firm bottom
- Inferior race, it's said
- Rough in texture
- Like a rasp, as files go
- Sandpaperlike
- Sandpaper category
- Harsh lectures to the audience
- Riddled with four-letter words
- Indelicate, vulgar
- Like rough sandpaper
- Needing smoothing
- Filled with four-letter words
- Sandpaper spec
- Crude or rude
- Wrought
- Rough-textured
- Like horsehair
- Opposite of fine
- Like the texture of sea salt
- Sandpaper type
- Texture of some sugar
- Sandpaper texture
- Like the texture of some hair
- Having a rough texture
- Like stubble
- Sandpapery
- Roughly textured
Last Seen In
- New York Times - March 11, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - March 10, 2026
- Your Life Choices - March 08, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 27, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 24, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 01, 2026
- Daily Quick - December 02, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 24, 2025
- LA Times - July 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 08, 2025
- Daily American - December 08, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - November 01, 2024
- Daily Quick - October 17, 2024
- Mirror Daily - October 16, 2024
- Your Life Choices - July 30, 2024
- USA Today - June 19, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - June 16, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - June 12, 2024
- Daily Quick - May 20, 2024
- New York Times - April 14, 2024
- New York Times - April 11, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - April 11, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 29, 2024
- USA Today - February 15, 2024
- Mirror Daily - February 06, 2024
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