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Overly Bookish Sort Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is NERD which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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199%4Exact Match!
238%6Overly bookish person
333%4Bookish sort, slangily

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We think the answer is "NERD" which means:

    noun
  • • An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
  • • An intelligent but single-minded expert in a particular technical field or profession

An example sentence would be:

  • • "He is such a nerd, always studying and reading books."
  • • "She is a computer nerd and spends all her time coding."

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New York Times21 Nov 2005 Across 70
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