Answer: NERDS
NERDS is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 177 times.
Referring Clues:
- Hardly hipsters
- Types wearing pocket protectors
- They're not cool
- Social misfits
- The socially lost
- Teased teen-agers
- School clique, maybe
- They aren't in
- Dorks
- Out group
- The socially challenged
- Jocks' antitheses
- They're hardly hip
- Unpopular ones
- Ones unlikely to be voted "most popular"
- Teen outcasts
- Pocket protector brigade
- Bullies' targets
- Unhip types
- The out crowd
- Overly studious types
- Dweebs
- Uncool sorts
- They're not in
- "Revenge of the ___"
- Squares
- Extreme enthusiasts
- Obsessed enthusiasts
- Wimps' cousins
- Totally unhip types
- Ralph and Potsie, to the Fonz
- Uncool group
- Geeks
- Geeks' cousins
- Ineffectual types
- Stereotypical members of the math team
- They're not seen as cool at school
- Studious crowd
- Mathletes, maybe
- Users of slide rules, stereotypically
- Pocket protector purchasers, perhaps
- Nestlé candy sold under the Wonka brand
- Geeky types
- Drips
- Revenge-seeking group in a 1984 film
- Social outcasts
- Joke targets, at times
- Overstudious students
- Overly bookish ones
- Geeky ones
- Uncool people
- Jocks' counterparts
- Socially challenged group
- Outcasts
- ''Revenge of the ___''
- School clique, perhaps
- Stereotypical chess team members
- Social rejects, stereotypically
- The socially lost, in stereotypes
- Uncool ones
- Hardly hepcats
- In-group outcasts
- Unlikely class presidents
- Willy Wonka candy brand
- Willy Wonka Candy Company brand
- High-school outcasts, stereotypically
- Revenge seekers in a 1984 film
- Square figures
- Poindexter types
- Silicon Valley saga, "Triumph of the ___"
- Victims of jocks, perhaps
- Wonka candy
- Whizzes at quizzes?
- Wonka candy sometimes stuck to a licorice rope
- "Revenge of the ___" (1984 film)
- Bookish group
- Vengeful group of moviedom
- Dweeby types
- Brainiacs, typically
- Square ones
- Geeky guys
- Unhip kids
- "The Big Bang Theory" males
- Unlikely prom kings
- Computer geeks
- "Study, study, study" types
- Propeller-heads
- Comic-Con habitues, stereotypically
- Squares of sorts
- Overly intellectual sorts
- The out crowd?
- Revenge seekers in a 1984 movie
- "Revenge of the ___" (1984 comedy)
- Unhip ones
- Relatives of Teddys?
- Most characters on "The Big Bang Theory"
- Pocket-protector brigade
- Oddballs
- Colorful, pebble-like candies
- Willy Wonka Candy Company candy
- Ones who got revenge in a 1984 comedy
- Eggheaded sorts
- Socially inept losers
- Some intellectuals
- Uncool types
- Tech entrepreneurs, stereotypically
- Brainy ones, maybe
- Meeting them is a good thing
- Bookish bunch
- Poindexters
- Techies, stereotypically
- "Out crowd" members
- Studious stereotypes
- Social goofballs
- Brainy high school clique
- Unhip sorts
- Stereotypical pocket protector wearers
- Dweebs: slang
- Societal goofballs
- Some social misfits
- Revenge-getters of film
- Certain high school clique
- Computer whizzes, stereotypically
- Adorkable types
- Geeky sorts
- Binges on Sporcle quizzes, say, with "out"
- ___ out: gets excited in a geeky way, in slang
- Enthusiasts, unflatteringly
- Geeky students
- Small, sour candies
- Unlikely homecoming court members
- Grape or strawberry candy
- Obsessive experts
- Modern-day squares
- Crossword constructors, perhaps
- Stereotypical mathletes
- Geeky-sounding candy
- Types who think school is too cool
- Stereotypical Pi Day celebrants
- Candy with a short-lived chewy version called Dweebs
- "The Big Bang Theory" crowd
- Overstudious ones
- Brainy bunch
- Fruit-flavored candy in a box
- Ones who rarely skip class
- Brainy introverts
- Candy sold in ropes
- Bookish sorts
- Obsessive smarties
- Sugary boxful
- Stereotypical trivia whizzes
- Brainiacs, maybe
- ___ Rope (Wonka candy)
- Certain school clique
- Bookworms, maybe
- Comic-Con attendees
- Brainy sorts
- Uncool collective
- Bookish people
- Crunchy, colorful commercial candies
- Aptly named shelfmate of Smarties candy
- Jocks' counterparts, stereotypically
- Black Girl ___ (Jamie Broadnax publication)
- Sporcle quiz makers, perhaps
- Passionate learners, to some
- Dorky sorts
- Candy with two flavors in one box
- Amy and Molly in "Booksmart," e.g.
- Proudly brainy sorts
- ___ Rope (fruity candy)
- Brainy people
- Passionate hobbyists
- ___ Gummy Clusters
- Wonka candy with a dweeby name
- Big name in tiny candies
- Wonks ... or a candy once owned by the Willy Wonka Candy Company
- Stereotypical bookworms
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - May 12, 2025
- New York Times - February 06, 2025
- LA Times - December 11, 2024
- USA Today - August 06, 2024
- USA Today - August 05, 2024
- New York Times - July 05, 2024
- USA Today - May 14, 2024
- USA Today - March 15, 2023
- New York Times - September 26, 2022
- LA Times - September 17, 2022
- New York Times - June 14, 2022
- New York Times - April 03, 2022
- New York Times - March 21, 2022
- LA Times - February 08, 2022
- New York Times - January 25, 2022
- USA Today - January 21, 2022
- LA Times - December 27, 2021
- USA Today - December 06, 2021
- New York Times - November 01, 2021
- LA Times - August 22, 2021
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