Answer: NERD
NERD is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 367 times.
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?
- Geek kin
- Wimp's cousin
- Put-down that nowadays may be worn as a badge of honor
- Techie, often
- Adorkable one
- U-turn from jock
- One probably not with the jocks at the lunch table
- Uncool one who lately is sort of cool
- 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
- 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
- One may enjoy studying
- Foolish person
- Stereotypical coder
- Crossword fanatic, perhaps
- Stereotypical gamer
- Stereotypical egghead
- Stereotypical bookworm
- Geek (out)
- Brainy sort
- Brainy introvert
- One who knows all the answers, maybe
- Black ___ Problems (pop culture website)
- ___ Nation (nickname for Stanford)
- Study too much, with "out"
- Stereotypical mathlete
- Stereotypical trivia whiz
- One may be a mathlete
- Homework lover, say
- Stereotypical Comic-Con attendee
- "Lemon" band
- One who's able to rattle off digits of pi, perhaps
- Lead-in to core or fest
- "Jobs vs. Gates: The Hippie and the ___" (2015 TV movie)
- Sporcle enthusiast, perhaps
- Emoji with thick-rimmed glasses
- Member of a Stanford "Nation"
- Theater ___ (someone who knows all the words to "Hamilton," maybe)
- Peter Parker in "Spider-Man," for one
- "___ alert!"
- Knowledgeable type
- Brainy oddball
- Chidi from "The Good Place," for example
- Brainy type
- Enthusiast, colloquially
- Young Sheldon, e.g.
- Square one?
- 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
- Stereotypical d&d player
- Knowledgeable sort
- Brainy person
- 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
- Techie or Trekkie, say
- Con attendee
- Pebblelike candy
- Enthusiast
- One with deep knowledge of a subject
- Passionately discuss minutiae, with "out"
- Mathlete, to some
- Stereotypical "The Big Bang Theory" character
- Adorkable person
- Geek chic fan, maybe
- Brainiac
- Young Sheldon, for one
- Bite on a rope or cluster
- Bit of candy on a "rope" or in a "cluster"
- Big-time enthusiast
- Bookish type, stereotypically
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - October 13, 2025
- USA Today - October 07, 2025
- USA Today - September 17, 2025
- LA Times - August 23, 2025
- USA Today - July 28, 2025
- LA Times - June 24, 2025
- New York Times - May 22, 2025
- USA Today - March 11, 2025
- USA Today - February 18, 2025
- New York Times - December 17, 2024
- LA Times - November 29, 2024
- USA Today - November 29, 2024
- USA Today - October 16, 2024
- LA Times - September 16, 2024
- New York Times - July 31, 2024
- New York Times - July 09, 2024
- LA Times - July 03, 2024
- USA Today - July 01, 2024
- New York Times - June 23, 2024
- USA Today - April 10, 2024
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