Crossword-Solution: ASKEW 5 letters, 194 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 12

Dictionary

Word	Word Type	Definition
Askew	adv. & a.	Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry.

Anagrams

Word		Anagrams
ASKEW	anagram	WAKES, WEKAS

We have 194 clues for the answer “ASKEW”

Clue	Answers
A bit off, say	1 answer
Crooked, as a painting on the wall	1 answer
Crooked, as clothing	1 answer
Crookedly hung	1 answer
Crookedly hung, as a painting	1 answer
Democrat who ran for president in 1984	1 answer
Floridian Reubin	1 answer
How some hipster hats are turned	1 answer
In a crooked position	1 answer
In a crooked way	1 answer
Leaning in one direction	1 answer
Like a crookedly hung picture	1 answer
Like a necktie near the end of a long workday, maybe	1 answer
Like a poorly hung picture	1 answer
Like an improperly hung picture	1 answer
Like an off-center tie	1 answer
Not hanging straight, as a picture	1 answer
Not quite on the level?	1 answer
Off plumb	1 answer
Off some	1 answer
Off-center, as a hat	1 answer
Slightly crooked	1 answer
Slightly off-center	1 answer
Somewhat crooked	1 answer
Tilted or twisted	1 answer
Twisted or squint	1 answer
Twisted toward one side	1 answer
Word that, when searched, causes Google to display all results at an angle	1 answer
A little bit off	2 answers
Not plumb	2 answers
Not straight or level	2 answers
On one side.	2 answers
Out of line, in a way	2 answers
Out of position	2 answers
Slightly off balance	2 answers
Slightly slanted	2 answers
Somewhat inclined	2 answers
Catawampus	3 answers
Not symmetrical	3 answers
On a bias	3 answers
In need of straightening	3 answers
Needing straightening	3 answers
Off-line	3 answers
Twisted to one side	3 answers
Off kilter	4 answers
Cock-a-hoop	4 answers
On the bias	4 answers
Out of alignment	4 answers
Unevenly	4 answers
Slightly off	5 answers

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Hint 1 meaning

One who, or that which, eats.

Hint 2 anagram

RAETE

Hint 3 another clue

greedy person

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Sentences with ASKEW (5)

Old Governor Bellingham would come grimly forth, with his King James’ ruff fastened askew, and Mistress Hibbins, with some twigs of the forest clinging to her skirts, and looking sourer than ever, as having hardly got a wink of sleep after her night ride; and good Father Wilson too, after spending half the night at a death-bed, and liking ill to be disturbed, thus early, out of his dreams about the glorified saints.

The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne 1992

You will notice that it looks singularly askew, and that there is an odd twinkling appearance about this bar, as though it was in some way unreal.” He pointed to the part with his finger.

The Time Machine H. G. Wells 1992

Scott Mason listened with one hand over his right ear and the phone so awkwardly pressed between his left ear and shoulder that his glasses sat askew on his face.

Terminal Compromise Winn Schwartau 1993

The electric light at the end of the wharf flashed full on the descending passengers, and among them Charity caught sight of Julia Hawes, her white feather askew, and the face under it flushed with coarse laughter.

Summer Edith Wharton 2006

Poor, loving-wistful, dreamy Brown, long and lean, with a smile askew, Friendless he wandered up and down, gaunt as a wolf, as hungry too.

Rhymes of a Rolling Stone Robert W. Service 1995

Quotes with ASKEW (3)

Deceit for personal gain is one of history's most recurring crimes. Man's first step towards change would be thinking, counter-arguing, re-thinking, twisting, straightening, perfecting, then believing every original idea he intends to make public before making it public. There is always an angle from which an absolute truth may appear askew just as there is always a personal emotion, or a personal agenda, which alienates the ultimate good of mankind.

Criss Jami Killosophy

Something is askew when our passion for the truth blinds us to other perspectives and to the grace to be able to differ graciously from others and learn from others who may see things very differently than we do.

Gordon T. Smith Courage and Calling: Embracing Your God-Given Potential

As if grabbed by strong arms that were not there, he felt himself being lifted. Raising skyward and spinning, he fought to regain orientation. The winds were holding him and carrying him higher. Spinning him sickeningly, senses askew, his focus was being lost.

Stephen Craig The Tortured Clouds of Kh'all

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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, S&S, Slate, The Atlantic, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 301 times in crossword archives (1955–2025).