Answer: SHY
SHY is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 147 times.
Referring Clues:
- Short
- Like a wallflower
- Diffident
- Not bold
- Short of
- Not making eye contact, say
- BASHFUL
- Retiring
- Lacking
- Timid
- Wallflowerish
- Withdrawn
- Hardly likely to streak
- See 61-Down
- Shrink
- Not likely to pose nude
- Unlikely to raise one's hand in class
- Like shrinking violets
- Not open
- Like a shrinking violet
- Not camera-ready?
- Unlikely to break the ice
- Hardly gregarious
- Far from forward
- In debt to the pot
- Not outgoing
- Shrinking
- Recoil
- Not likely to make the first move
- Owing the pot
- Socially challenged
- Reserved
- Short at the poker table
- Wallflower-ish
- Short, in a way
- Not forward
- Unassertive
- Acting tongue-tied
- Introverted
- Unlikely to streak
- Daphnean
- Reticent
- Like Bashful
- Slow to mix, say
- Unassuming
- Inclined to avoid the spotlight
- A little short, as of money
- Self-conscious
- Lacking self-confidence
- Reluctant to mingle
- Wary of people
- Averse to first moves
- Just short
- Like many a wallflower
- Hardly forward
- Far from a drama queen
- Spotlight-avoiding
- Socially self-conscious
- Indebted to the pot, in poker lingo
- Averse to first moves, e.g.
- Demure
- Not a people person
- Retiring partner?
- Hardly extroverted
- Reluctant to meet people, say
- Mousy
- Self-effacing
- "Once bitten, twice ___"
- Reluctant to mix
- Not gregarious
- Hesitant to ask that pretty girl to dance, say
- Start suddenly
- Reclusive
- Hardly outgoing
- Far from outgoing
- Like wallflowers
- Oz lion's demeanor
- Sheepish
- Draw back
- Loath to mingle
- Averse to conversing
- Not big on social events, say
- A few bucks short
- Not likely to pipe up
- Unlikely to make the first move
- Uneffusive
- Averse to mingling
- Easily frightened
- See 43-Down
- Shunning the spotlight, maybe
- Lacking the required funds
- Owing
- Coy
- Leery of being noticed, maybe
- Still owing
- Uneasy around strangers
- ___ away from (avoid)
- Once bitten, twice ___
- Owing the kitty
- Not quite enough
- Coming up short
- Jerk away
- Unlikely to speak up
- Socially challenged?
- Short in the pot
- Short by
- Unlikely to make advances
- Uncomfortable in singles bars
- Unlikely to ask someone out
- Hardly bold
- Not mixing well?
- Bashful, but not Dopey
- Lacking enough money
- Like a wall flower
- Prone to blushing, say
- Averse to mixing
- Short, moneywise
- Not fond of mingling
- Wary
- Short (of)
- Unlikely to thrive in group settings
- Unready to mingle
- Not prone to mingling
- Not comfortable with the limelight
- Not fond of mixing
- Reluctant to make eye contact, maybe
- Scared of public speaking, perhaps
- Word that surrounds "short of money"
- Unlikely to text first, say
- Quiet one
- Unlikely to say hi first, say
- Not super outgoing
- Unlikely to initiate conversation
- Not having quite enough money
- Like one sitting alone at the dance, probably
- Not very outgoing
- Unlikely to pipe up
- Relatively timid
- Like toddlers when meeting strangers, often
- Opposite of foreard
- Protected by an icy exterior, perhaps
- "Don't be ___!"
- Like someone unlikely to initiate a conversation
- Prone to shrinking?
- Camera ___
- Timid, or short on cash
- Spotlight-averse
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - August 01, 2025
- New York Times - July 07, 2025
- LA Times - June 28, 2025
- USA Today - June 25, 2025
- LA Times - May 29, 2025
- LA Times - May 20, 2025
- USA Today - March 19, 2025
- New York Times - March 15, 2025
- LA Times - March 09, 2025
- USA Today - February 24, 2025
- USA Today - February 10, 2025
- USA Today - January 20, 2025
- USA Today - January 15, 2025
- LA Times - December 11, 2024
- LA Times - June 16, 2024
- USA Today - April 19, 2024
- USA Today - April 11, 2024
- LA Times - March 07, 2024
- LA Times - November 03, 2023
- USA Today - August 17, 2023
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