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159 recorded uses

DateClue
2025-12-07Geek (out)
2025-10-13Bookish type, stereotypically
2025-05-22Square one
2024-12-17Geeky type
2024-07-31Passionately discuss minutiae, with "out"
2024-07-09Jock's counterpart
2024-06-23Enthusiast
2024-04-08Brainy sort
2024-03-26Techie or Trekkie, say
2024-01-26Many a Comic-Con attendee
2023-10-11Wonk
2023-07-25Person who might do the Vulcan salute
2023-04-09Trivia lover, maybe
2023-01-16Self-description for a D&D enthusiast, maybe
2022-10-18Brainy oddball
2022-07-24Square type
2022-04-12Wonkish sort
2022-02-01Peter Parker in "Spider-Man," for one
2021-10-31Fluent speaker of Elvish, say
2021-09-04"Jobs vs. Gates: The Hippie and the ___" (2015 TV movie)
2021-08-13Lead-in to core or fest
2021-07-04One who's able to rattle off digits of pi, perhaps
2021-05-23Brainy sort
2021-02-10Homework lover, say
2020-09-29One who knows all the answers, maybe
2020-09-07Brainy sort
2019-06-30Spend all weekend solving crosswords, say, with "out"
2019-05-28Superbrainy sort
2019-04-26Wonkish sort
2018-07-02One probably not with the jocks at the lunch table
2018-03-21Put-down that nowadays may be worn as a badge of honor
2017-10-29Get excited about crosswords, say, with "out"
2017-06-04Homework lover, maybe
2017-03-22Jerry Lewis's "Nutty Professor" was an early example of one
2017-02-06Jock's antithesis
2017-01-06Brainiac, stereotypically
2016-10-04Do 10 crosswords in a row, say, with "out"
2016-09-19Socially maladroit sort
2016-04-12Dorkmeister
2015-12-30Almost any character on "The Big Bang Theory"
2015-09-01One scoring 100% on Sporcle quizzes, say
2015-01-13Geek
2014-12-16One whose favorite website is Sporcle, say
2014-11-09With 77-Across, when combined into one word, national trivia championship, e.g.
2014-11-06Filmdom's Napoleon Dynamite, for one
2013-12-05Napoleon Dynamite, e.g.
2013-11-27Hardly Mr. Cool
2013-11-20Stereotypical Mensan
2013-11-12Mathlete, stereotypically
2013-08-27Weenie
2013-07-28Bookworm, maybe
2013-07-13Pi Day celebrant, perhaps
2013-06-03Stereotypical techie
2013-05-02Swot : Britain :: ___ : America
2013-03-31Brainy person, and proud of it
2012-12-12Square figure
2012-11-05Unlikely prom king
2012-09-11Unlikely prom king
2012-08-06Uncool sort
2012-06-14Dweeb
2011-10-12Poindexter type
2011-10-06Lover of brain games
2011-10-04Anyone who can speak Klingon, e.g.
2011-09-25Quiz bowl lover, say
2011-08-18Creature in Dr. Seuss's "If I Ran the Zoo"
2011-04-08Unlikely prom king
2011-03-11Square type
2010-11-30Dweeby sort
2010-11-13Many a character on "The Big Bang Theory"
2010-05-07High-school put-down
2010-04-17One who might celebrate Pi Day
2010-04-13Dorky sort
2010-03-21Brainiac's put-down
2009-07-07Jock's counterpart
2008-11-29Square type
2008-10-03Square
2008-09-15Guy with his nose always stuck in a book
2008-07-15Geek
2007-11-27Social misfit
2007-08-10Bully's target, maybe
2007-07-12Unlikely party animal
2007-06-12"Happy Days" put-down
2007-05-17Studious sort, and proud of it
2007-05-02Geeky guy
2006-12-10Eggheady sort
2006-05-06Whom a bully may bully
2005-11-21Overly bookish sort
2005-10-12Uncool sort
2005-10-04Encyclopedia reader from A to Z, say
2005-07-31Mathlete, stereotypically
2005-06-06Dweeb
2005-05-24Uncool sort
2005-03-20Unlikely prom king
2005-03-09Geeky sort
2004-12-01Hardly Mr. Cool
2004-11-29Geeky sort
2004-10-24Typical Rick Moranis film role
2004-09-04Social bungler
2004-05-11One who's unhip
2004-02-17Dork
2003-10-09Square
2003-07-14Dweeb
2002-09-16Socially challenged person
2002-08-20Social misfit
2002-05-17Computer ___
2002-03-10Doofus
2001-12-09Bully's prey, traditionally
2001-11-26Unhip person
2001-07-14Role in many teen flicks
2000-12-11Dweeb
2000-11-20Dweeb
2000-11-10Unpopular sort
2000-10-05Bully's prey, often
2000-06-06Doofus-y sort
2000-06-05Dweeb
2000-05-11Dateless sort
2000-05-01Mr. Uncool
2000-01-30Square
1999-11-21Propeller-head
1999-10-24Unlikely class president
1999-08-08Socially challenged person
1999-07-22Unlikely candidate for prom king
1999-05-18Unlikely candidate for prom king
1999-05-17Person who gets picked on
1999-05-16Computer ___
1999-04-20Internet addict, perhaps
1999-04-18Dweeb
1999-04-13Uncool sort
1999-04-05Dilbert, e.g.
1999-03-03Overly brainy sort
1999-02-26This may be hard to date
1999-01-18One who's socially clueless
1999-01-04Uncool one
1998-11-03Hardly Mr. Cool
1998-10-18Hardly a hipster
1998-09-27Social misfit
1998-09-07Brainy, socially inept sort
1998-07-06Uncool sort
1998-05-27Disappointing date, maybe
1998-03-18Bookworm
1998-02-11Overly bookish sort
1997-10-27Dweeb
1997-10-12Dweeb
1997-07-01Taped eyeglasses wearer
1997-06-29Square
1997-04-17Square, updated
1997-03-25One socially challenged
1997-02-03Eggheady sort
1995-12-19Dork
1995-09-15Teen outcast
1995-06-08Dweeb
1995-04-03Uncool fellow
1995-01-28One who's not in
1995-01-16One who's socially challenged
1994-11-03Dweeb
1994-10-14One who's not in
1994-10-10Hardly Mr. Cool
1994-04-24Common butt of jokes
1993-12-06Wonk, maybe