Clues for the word "NERD"
We've had 395 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 879 times in crosswords. It was last seen in USA Today crossword on April 10, 2024.
Referring Clues
- Square, updated
- Eggheady sort
- Taped eyeglasses wearer
- Square
- One socially challenged
- Dweeb
- Overly bookish sort
- Uncool sort
- Bookworm
- Disappointing date, maybe
- Hardly Mr. Cool
- Hardly a hipster
- Brainy, socially inept sort
- Social misfit
- Dilbert, e.g.
- Internet addict, perhaps
- Socially challenged person
- This may be hard to date
- Uncool one
- One who's socially clueless
- Unlikely candidate for prom king
- Overly brainy sort
- Person who gets picked on
- Propeller-head
- Unlikely class president
- Doofus-y sort
- Mr. Uncool
- Dateless sort
- Unpopular sort
- Bully's prey, often
- Bully's prey, traditionally
- Role in many teen flicks
- Unhip person
- Doofus
- Computer ___
- Dork
- One who's unhip
- Geeky sort
- Typical Rick Moranis film role
- Social bungler
- Mathlete, stereotypically
- Unlikely prom king
- Encyclopedia reader from A to Z, say
- Whom a bully may bully
- Bully's target, maybe
- Unlikely party animal
- "Happy Days" put-down
- Geeky guy
- Studious sort, and proud of it
- Geek
- Square type
- Guy with his nose always stuck in a book
- Jock's counterpart
- Revenge taker in a 1984 comedy
- Pocket protecter purchaser, perhaps
- Uncool character
- Propellerhead
- Misfit
- High school stereotype
- Campus misfit
- Pocket protector wearer, stereotypically
- Stereotypical computer programmer
- High school misfit
- Computer geek, e.g.
- Unhip type
- Word introduced by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo"
- Studious misfit
- Potsie, to the Fonz
- Nonsocial type
- Geek's cousin
- Hardly a BMOC
- Social washout
- Stereotypical pocket protector wearer
- Stereotypical computer hacker
- Pocket protector purchaser
- Computer geek, for instance
- Square figure?
- Pocket-protector sporter
- Totally unhip type
- Scholastic stereotype
- Stereotypical sci-fi fan
- Bookish type
- Unlikely prom king candidate
- Geekazoid
- Geeky type
- Wonk
- Society oddball
- Single-minded sort
- Socially inept type
- Bookworm, perhaps
- Steve Urkel on "Family Matters," e.g.
- In-crowd outcast
- Egghead
- Poindexter
- Unlikely escort for a prom queen
- One lacking social graces
- Bully's target, perhaps
- In-group outcast
- Weenie
- One who isn't in
- Brainiac's put-down
- Teen movie stereotype
- Societal klutz
- Obsessive type
- Drip
- Social oddball
- Computer ___
- Square sort
- Bookish type, often
- Uncool dude
- Excessive studier
- Bully's victim, often
- Bookish one
- Social outcast
- Common teen-movie persona
- Geeky one
- Uncool type
- Teen-movie persona
- Word coined by Dr. Seuss
- Steve Urkel, for one
- Bookworm, in stereotypes
- Inept individual
- Dweeb's pal
- Pocket protector wearer, in stereotypes
- Overly bookish type, stereotypically
- Stereotypical pocket-protector wearer
- Taped-eyeglasses wearer
- "Kick me" sign wearer, stereotypically
- High school outcast
- Bully's prey, perhaps
- Computer geek
- Pocket-protected one of stereotypes
- High school bookworm, stereotypically
- Uncool fellow, stereotypically
- Inept individual, stereotypically
- Social lightweight
- Social dud, stereotypically
- Guy with little chance at a supermodel, stereotypically
- One who ruins the curve, stereotypically
- Eggheady sort, stereotypically
- Uncool kid
- Modern misfit
- Dorky sort
- One who might celebrate Pi Day
- High-school put-down
- Antisocial sort
- Black-sock wearer in gym, stereotypically
- Overly academic type
- Jock's antithesis
- Dweeb's cousin
- Techie
- Square of a sort
- Many a character on "The Big Bang Theory"
- Intellectual sort
- Dweeby sort
- Pocket protector wearer, perhaps
- Teen comedy stereotype
- Overly techie type
- Rick Moranis in "Ghostbusters," e.g.
- One whos unhip
- Teased teen
- Bill-Gates-to-be type?
- Bully's target
- No sophisticate he
- Swirlie victim, perhaps
- In-crowd outsider
- Slashdot reader, according to its slogan
- Outcast, sometimes
- Creature in Dr. Seuss's "If I Ran the Zoo"
- One needing social work?
- Geeky sort found within this puzzle's four longest answers
- Bookish fellow
- Quiz bowl lover, say
- Anyone who can speak Klingon, e.g.
- Lover of brain games
- Nudnik
- Poindexter type
- Bookworm, stereotypically
- Uncool collegian
- Bart's friend Milhouse, e.g.
- Computer whiz
- Dull person
- Uncool bookworm
- Bookish sort
- Uncool fellow
- Teen outcast
- School geek
- 'Big Bang Theory' type
- Target of taunts
- Twerp
- Dweeb's kin
- Unhip sort
- Uncool student
- Nebbish
- Oddball of a sort
- Scholastic sort, perhaps
- Bully's target, often
- Stereotypically uncool collegian
- Uncool person
- Socially inept sort
- Dweeby type
- Stereotypical sporter of a pocket protector
- Stereotypical sporter of a pocket ptotector
- Square figure
- Pocket-protector sporter, stereotypically
- Twerp's cousin
- Square one
- Swot
- Bookish persona
- Brainy person, and proud of it
- Mathlete, perhaps
- Swot : Britain :: ___ : America
- One who might snort when he laughs
- Brain, maybe
- Stereotypical techie
- Role-playing game player, stereotypically
- Pi Day celebrant, perhaps
- Bookworm, maybe
- Bookish person
- Stereotypical Mensan
- Napoleon Dynamite, e.g.
- Socially awkward type
- Unlikely homecoming king
- Person who may be "adorkable"
- Napoleon Dynamite, for one
- Dweebish sort
- Many a Pi Day celebrant
- Unhip one
- Trekkie, to some
- Bookworm, scornfully
- Eggheady sort, in stereotypes
- Social greenhorn
- Filmdom's Napoleon Dynamite, for one
- With 77-Across, when combined into one word, national trivia championship, e.g.
- Many a comic book collector
- Techie, stereotypically
- One whose favorite website is Sporcle, say
- Techie type
- "The Big Bang Theory" type
- Hardly the Fonz
- Dweeb's partner?
- Book lover to the extreme
- Techie, traditionally
- Stereotypical computer whiz
- One scoring 100% on Sporcle quizzes, say
- Intellectual misfit
- Pi Day celebrant, stereotypically
- Almost any character on "The Big Bang Theory"
- High school bookworm
- Dorky type
- Dorkmeister
- Social goofball
- Egghead, in stereotypes
- The nutty professor, e.g.
- Socially maladroit sort
- Stereotypical Geek Squad employee
- Do 10 crosswords in a row, say, with "out"
- Single-minded expert
- Test fan, say
- Obsessive enthusiast
- Dweeby, bookish type
- Brainiac, stereotypically
- Small, fruity candy
- Geeky, bookish sort
- Jerry Lewis's "Nutty Professor" was an early example of one
- Geek's relative
- Stereotypical comic book fan
- Homework lover, maybe
- Societal goofball
- Socially awkward one
- Get excited about crosswords, say, with "out"
- Nonsocial studier
- Once uncool sort who's now sort of cool
- Common butt of jokes
- Comic-Con attendee
- Herd member?
- Socially clueless sort
- Nonsocial individual, in stereotypes
- Soft ball you can use indoors
- Future CEO
- No jock
- Pharrell Williams's rap group
- Bill Gates, snarkily
- Slashdot reader, maybe
- Sci-fi conventiongoer, stereotypically
- Revenge getter of film
- "___ alert!"
- One short on social skills
- Anyone able to rattle off more than 10 digits of pi, probably
- Technology enthusiast?
- Pencil pouched one
- Foolish or annoying person
- Someone boring (about computers?)
- Future billionaire, perhaps
- Teen comedy persona
- Martin Prince of "The Simpsons," e.g.
- Dungeons & Dragons fan, stereotypically
- Hardly Joe Cool
- Bullys frequent target
- Dorky youth
- Anorak expert?
- Retired doctor's a space geek
- Possession of learner driver? 13 20 ___?
- Young Sheldon, e.g.
- Geek kin
- Put-down that nowadays may be worn as a badge of honor
- Stereotypically uncool person
- Dweeby fellow
- Techie, often
- Comic-Con attendee, stereotypically
- Awkward brainiac type
- Herd member?
- Adorkable one
- U-turn from jock
- One probably not with the jocks at the lunch table
- Uncool one who lately is sort of cool
- Lewis's nutty professor, perhaps
- Comic book reader, stereotypically
- Techie stereotype
- Urkel, for one
- Mathlete, not an athlete
- Head-buried-in-books type
- Teen comedy stock character
- Word reportedly coined in Seuss' "If I Ran the Zoo"
- One may celebrate Pi Day
- Sheldon Cooper, e.g.
- Wonkish sort
- Obsessive hobbyist
- Trivia night champion, perhaps
- Stereotypical Pi Day celebrant
- Socially challenged one, often
- Buff to an excessive extent
- Superbrainy sort
- Spend all weekend solving crosswords, say, with "out"
- Extreme aficionado
- Obsessive fan
- Professor Frink on “The Simpsons,” e.g.
- Unlikely prom king or queen
- One may enjoy studying
- Stereotypical coder
- Crossword fanatic, perhaps
- Stereotypical gamer
- Stereotypical egghead
- Stereotypical bookworm
- Type of person known for being bookish
- Geek (out)
- Brainy sort
- Brainy introvert
- One who knows all the answers, maybe
- Peter Parker, e.g.
- Black ___ Problems (pop culture website)
- He's stupid, taking the north-east road
- Robert Carradine role
- ___ Nation (nickname for Stanford)
- Study too much, with "out"
- Crossword maker, e.g.
- Stereotypical mathlete
- Stereotypical trivia whiz
- One may be a mathlete
- Homework lover, say
- Stereotypical Comic-Con attendee
- "Lemon" band
- Stereotypical tech fanatic
- Part of the portmanteau "Blerd"
- One who's able to rattle off digits of pi, perhaps
- Lead-in to core or fest
- Socially inept, bookish stereotype
- "Jobs vs. Gates: The Hippie and the ___" (2015 TV movie)
- Sporcle enthusiast, perhaps
- Egghead relative
- Trivia enthusiast, perhaps
- Emoji with thick-rimmed glasses
- Member of a Stanford "Nation"
- Theater ___ (someone who knows all the words to "Hamilton," maybe)
- Fluent speaker of Elvish, say
- Peter Parker in "Spider-Man," for one
- Knowledgeable type
- Brainy oddball
- Chidi from "The Good Place," for example
- Brainy type
- Enthusiast, colloquially
- Self-description for a D&D enthusiast, maybe
- ___ bar (place for trivia nights or retro gaming)
- Geek-adjacent person
- Trivia lover, maybe
- Carlton Banks, for example
- Knowledgeable sort
- Brainy person
- Person who loves to geek out
- Person who might do the Vulcan salute
- Niche enthusiast
- Many a sci-fi fan, stereotypically
- Word ___ (rhyming nickname for a crossword lover)
- Many a Comic-Con attendee
- Con attendee
Last Seen In
- USA Today - April 10, 2024
- New York Times - April 08, 2024
- LA Times - March 17, 2024
- Daily American - March 09, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 05, 2024
- LA Times - February 29, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - February 07, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - January 28, 2024
- New York Times - January 26, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 14, 2023
- LA Times - December 10, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 04, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - November 11, 2023
- USA Today - November 10, 2023
- Daily American - October 22, 2023
- New York Times - October 11, 2023
- Your Life Choices - October 08, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 05, 2023
- Daily American - September 19, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - September 05, 2023
- LA Times - August 22, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 18, 2023
- USA Today - August 16, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - August 10, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 09, 2023
- New York Times - July 25, 2023
- USA Today - July 02, 2023
- Your Life Choices - June 19, 2023
- USA Today - June 10, 2023
- USA Today - June 09, 2023
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