- NERD
- Black-sock wearer in gym, perhaps
- Dork
- Dweeb
- Overly bookish sort
- Pocket-protector wearer, perhaps
- Quirky character
- Geek
- High-school misfit
- High-school outcast
- Pocket-protector wearer
- Social misfit
- Uncool fellow
- Socially inept one
- Square, now
- Square ones
- Pharrell Williams's band, sometimes
- Devotee of something arcane
- Certain candy unit
- Person who knows 100 digits of pi, probably
- '80s movie stock character
- Rory Gilmore or Annie Edison, socially, e.g.
- Character type for Anthony Michael Hall in "The Breakfast Club"
- Uncool one
- 4chan contributor, stereotypically
- IT guy, stereotypically
- One who might celebrate Towel Day
- President of the Chess Club, to some
- Square figure?
- Stereotypical "xkcd" fan
- Dorky sort
- Freakazoid
- Towel Day and Pi Day celebrant, likely
- Mathlete, perhaps
- Campus character
- School stereotype
- Uncool stereotype
- Dweeby type
- Ultramega "Star Wars" fan, e.g.
- Socially inept loser
- Social nonentity
- Jock's opposite
- Bookish type
- Straight-A student, stereotypically
- Unlikely homecoming king
- Bully's frequent target
- Happy Days put-down
- Unlikely party animal
- Stereotypical techie
- Hardly Joe Cool
- Many a robotics competition entrant
- One who went to the new "Star Wars" movie on midnight of its premiere day, say
- Junior-high taunt
- Revenge taker in a 1984 comedy
- Immature teenage taunt
- Misfit, of a sort
- Propellerhead
- Campus pariah
- Goofball
- High school stereotype
- Misfit
- Pocket protecter purchaser, perhaps
- Socially challenged person
- Uncool character
- Campus misfit
- Pocket protector wearer, stereotypically
- Stereotypical computer programmer
- Unlikely candidate for prom king
- Computer geek, e.g.
- Unlikely class president
- Nonsocial type
- Potsie, to the Fonz
- Studious misfit
- Unhip type
- Word introduced by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo"
- Geek's cousin
- Hardly a BMOC
- Social washout
- Stereotypical pocket protector wearer
- Computer geek, for instance
- Geeky sort
- Square
- Pocket protector purchaser
- Stereotypical computer hacker
- Geeky guy
- Pocket-protector sporter
- Scholastic stereotype
- Stereotypical sci-fi fan
- Totally unhip type
- Uncool sort
- Unpopular sort
- Geekazoid
- Geeky type
- Dweeb's cousin
- Intellectual sort
- Overly academic type
- Square of a sort
- Unlikely prom king candidate
- Bart's friend Milhouse, e.g.
- Geeky sort found within this puzzle's four longest answers
- Overly techie type
- Rick Moranis in "Ghostbusters," e.g.
- Bully's target, often
- Scholastic sort, perhaps
- Socially inept sort
- Stereotypical sporter of a pocket protector
- Dweeb's kin
- Jock's antithesis
- One who might snort when he laughs
- Poindexter
- Unlikely prom king
- Person who may be "adorkable"
- Computer pro, perhaps
- Hardly Mr. Cool
- Stereotypical Comic-Con attendee
- Jonathan Coulton fan, perhaps
- Member of a subculture that's gone mainstream
- Erik Agard, for one
- I'm one
- The Cross ___ (puzzle website run by Peter Broda)
- The Cross ___ (Peter Broda's puzzle blog)
- No sophisticate he
- Computer___
- Goofy character
- Computer devotee
- Butt of jokes
- Computer whiz
- Grind
- No bon vivant he
- Social flop
- Social outcast
- Technowhiz
- Antisocial sort
- Antisocial type
- Not the most popular type
- Revenge-seeker of film
- One short on social skills
- Uncool type
- Class scapegoat
- Highbrow without a social life
- Prey for a bully
- Bookish type, often
- Hardly the life of the party
- Social oddball
- Wonk
- Computer __
- Square sort
- Drip
- Obsessive type
- Socially inept type
- Society oddball
- Societal klutz
- Teen movie stereotype
- Single-minded sort
- One needing social work?
- Teen comedy stereotype
- Oddball of a sort
- Socially awkward type
- Many a Pi Day celebrant
- Many a comic book collector
- Techie, stereotypically
- Trekkie, to some
- The Big Bang Theory type
- Pi Day celebrant, stereotypically
- Stereotypical computer whiz
- Unhip sort
- Stereotypical Geek Squad employee
- Once uncool sort who's now sort of cool
- Square one
- Adorkable one
- Bookish sort
- Comic-Con attendee
- Socially awkward one
- Techie stereotype
- Techie, often
- Uncool one who lately is sort of cool
- Socially challenged one, often
- Word reportedly coined in Seuss' "If I Ran the Zoo"
- __ alert!
- Enthusiast, colloquially
- Young Sheldon, e.g.
- Many a sci-fi fan, stereotypically
- Geek (out)
- Mathlete, to some
- One with deep knowledge of a subject
- Social dud
- Teen outcast
- Social greenhorn
- Bookworm, scornfully
- Egghead
- Obsessive hobbyist
- Bookworm
- Oddball
- Techie type
- Bookish one
- Bookworm, perhaps
- Egghead type
- Teen-movie persona
- Uncool dude
- Word coined by Dr. Seuss
- Excessive studier
- Bully's victim, often
- Common teen-movie persona
- Geeky one
- Uncool person
- Bookish person
- Bookish persona
- Unhip one
- Single-minded expert
- Uncool student
- Obsessive enthusiast
- Test fan, say
- Teen comedy stock character
- Buff to an excessive extent
- Extreme aficionado
- Brainy introvert
- Study too much, with "out"
- Expert enthusiast
- Overenthusiastic buff
- Tech-support type
- Geeky person
- Geeky expert
- Teen film persona
- Beanie wearer, maybe
- Pocket protector user
- Weenie
- Creature in Dr. Seuss's "If I Ran the Zoo"
- Steve Urkel on "Family Matters," e.g.
- In-crowd outcast
- Unlikely escort for a prom queen
- Bully's target, perhaps
- In-group outcast
- One lacking social graces
- American ___ (Benjamin Nugent book)
- Jerk
- Lout: Slang
- Dull one
- Dolt
- Wimp
- A jerk
- Dullard, in spades
- Twerp
- Wimp's cousin
- A real drip
- Schlemiel
- Twerp or jerk
- Twerp's cousin
- Twerp's next of kin
- Clodhopper's cousin
- Drip's cousin
- Ineffectual person
- Lunkhead
- Oaf
- Dull guy
- Simp of a sort
- The ___, Shue play
- Uncool collegian
- Bore
- The ___, 1987 Shue play
- Contemporary dull one
- Modern square
- Wonk, maybe
- Common butt of jokes
- One who's not in
- One who's socially challenged
- Eggheady sort
- One socially challenged
- Square, updated
- Taped eyeglasses wearer
- Brainy, socially inept sort
- Disappointing date, maybe
- Hardly a hipster
- Dilbert, e.g.
- Internet addict, perhaps
- One who isn't in
- One who's socially clueless
- Overly brainy sort
- Person who gets picked on
- This may be hard to date
- Bully's prey, often
- Dateless sort
- Doofus-y sort
- Mr. Uncool
- Bully's prey, traditionally
- Role in many teen flicks
- Unhip person
- Doofus
- One who's unhip
- Social bungler
- Typical Rick Moranis film role
- Encyclopedia reader from A to Z, say
- Mathlete, stereotypically
- Whom a bully may bully
- Bully's target, maybe
- Studious sort, and proud of it
- Guy with his nose always stuck in a book
- Square type
- Jock's counterpart
- Brainiac's put-down
- Dweeby sort
- High-school put-down
- Many a character on "The Big Bang Theory"
- One who might celebrate Pi Day
- Anyone who can speak Klingon, e.g.
- Lover of brain games
- Poindexter type
- Quiz bowl lover, say
- Bookworm, maybe
- Brainy person, and proud of it
- Napoleon Dynamite, e.g.
- Pi Day celebrant, perhaps
- Stereotypical Mensan
- Swot : Britain :: ___ : America
- Filmdom's Napoleon Dynamite, for one
- One whose favorite website is Sporcle, say
- With 77-Across, when combined into one word, national trivia championship, e.g.
- Almost any character on "The Big Bang Theory"
- One scoring 100% on Sporcle quizzes, say
- Do 10 crosswords in a row, say, with "out"
- Dorkmeister
- Socially maladroit sort
- Brainiac, stereotypically
- Get excited about crosswords, say, with "out"
- Homework lover, maybe
- Jerry Lewis's "Nutty Professor" was an early example of one
- One probably not with the jocks at the lunch table
- Put-down that nowadays may be worn as a badge of honor
- Spend all weekend solving crosswords, say, with "out"
- Superbrainy sort
- Wonkish sort
- Brainy sort
- One who knows all the answers, maybe
- Jobs vs. Gates: The Hippie and the ___ (2015 TV movie)
- Fluent speaker of Elvish, say
- Homework lover, say
- Lead-in to core or fest
- One who's able to rattle off digits of pi, perhaps
- Sort represented by the 🤓 emoji
- Brainy oddball
- Peter Parker in "Spider-Man," for one
- Person who might do the Vulcan salute
- Self-description for a D&D enthusiast, maybe
- Enthusiast
- Many a Comic-Con attendee
- Passionately discuss minutiae, with "out"
- Techie or Trekkie, say
- Swirlie victim, perhaps
- Crossword enthusiast, say
- Brainy type, per the haters
- Future internet billionaire, maybe
- Techie or Trekkie, maybe
- Probably not the king of the prom
- Anthony Michael Hall role, say
- Comic Con regular, perhaps
- ___ alert!
- One wearing glasses made of "chunky black plastic (tape on the bridge optional)," per TV Tropes
- Stereotypical role for Anthony Michael Hall in the eighties
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- 2022 Maya Phillips book subtitled "Adventures in Fandom from This Universe to the Multiverse"
- One with a pocket protector, in an old stereotype
- Stereotypical "According to my calculations" speaker
- Underdog in many a teen flick
- ___ sniping (baiting someone with an irresistibly interesting problem, as coined in the Web comic "xkcd")
- Pocket protector wearer, in stereotypes
- High school bookworm, stereotypically
- Overly bookish sort, stereotypically
- Overly bookish type, stereotypically
- Steve Urkel, for one
- Bookworm, to a bully
- Dotcom millionaire, stereotypically
- High school bookworm, in stereotypes
- Social outcast, maybe
- Bully's prey, in stereotypes
- Dweeb's pal
- Socially clueless sort
- Computer geek
- Eggheady sort, stereotypically
- Hardly The Fonz
- Inept individual
- Bookworm, in stereotypes
- Black-sock wearer in gym, stereotypically
- Bookworm, stereotypically
- Lemon band
- Crossword maker, e.g.
- Emoji with thick-rimmed glasses
- Member of a Stanford "Nation"
- Part of the portmanteau "Blerd"
- Sporcle enthusiast, perhaps
- Trivia enthusiast, perhaps
- Uncool bookworm
- Egghead, in stereotypes
- High school bookworm
- Dweeby, bookish type
- Geek's relative
- Geeky, bookish sort
- Nonsocial studier
- Small, fruity candy
- Geek kin
- Head-buried-in-books type
- Herd member?
- Mathlete, not an athlete
- U-turn from jock
- Urkel, for one
- One may celebrate Pi Day
- One may enjoy studying
- Stereotypical Pi Day celebrant
- Trivia night champion, perhaps
- Stereotypical bookworm
- Stereotypical coder
- Stereotypical egghead
- Stereotypical gamer
- Awkward smarty-pants, perhaps
- One may be a mathlete
- Stereotypical mathlete
- Stereotypical programmer
- Stereotypical trivia whiz
- One may know 15 digits of pi
- One might enjoy studying
- Pi Day celebrant, maybe
- Stereotypical Scrabble pro
- Stereotypical tech whiz
- ___ out (go deep on a topic)
- Big-time enthusiast
- Stereotypical D&D fan
- D&D enthusiast, perhaps
- Pebble-shaped piece of candy
- Pebblelike candy
- Steve Urkel, e.g.
- Loser
- Techie to some
- Pill
- Unpopular student
- Campus outcast
- Feckless fellow
- Urkel of Family Matters for one
- Schmo
- Single-minded person
- Socially ineffectual person
- Brainy type
- Computer whiz perhaps
- Not a BMOC
- Brainy one
- Dr Seuss' zoo character
- Egghead, perhaps
- Web head
- Chidi from "The Good Place," for example
- Knowledgeable type
- Theater ___ (someone who knows all the words to "Hamilton," maybe)
- One who ruins the curve, stereotypically
- Social dud, stereotypically
- Modern misfit
- Uncool kid
- Pocket-protected one of stereotypes
- Inept individual, stereotypically
- Social lightweight
- Uncool fellow, stereotypically
- Bully's prey, perhaps
- Kick me sign wearer, stereotypically
- Stereotypically uncool collegian
- Pocket-protector sporter, stereotypically
- Eggheady sort, in stereotypes
- Social goofball
- Book lover to the extreme
- Intellectual misfit
- Societal goofball
- Stereotypical comic book fan
- Comic book reader, stereotypically
- Black ___ Problems (pop culture website)
- Crossword fanatic, perhaps
- Peter Parker, e.g.
- ___ Nation (nickname for Stanford)
- Geek-adjacent person
- Niche enthusiast
- Word ___ (rhyming nickname for a crossword lover)
- ___ bar (place for trivia nights or retro gaming)
- Adorkable person
- Chess enthusiast, perhaps
- Con attendee
- Person wearing a crossword puzzle tie, maybe
- Stereotypical "The Big Bang Theory" character
- Turkey
- One-tracker
- Computer --
- Bully's target
- No hipster
- Kick me sign wearer?
- Outcast, sometimes
- Slashdot reader, according to its slogan
- Academia nut?
- Member of a vengeful movie clique
- Jock's counterpart in teen comedies
- One who may geek out
- Techie, traditionally
- Techie, maybe
- One with no hope in a popularity contest
- Stereotypical science student
- Unlikely clique member
- Hardly one of the in crowd
- Java aficionado, of a sort
- Not one of the cool crowd
- Future billionaire, perhaps
- Stereotypical IT staffer
- In-crowd outsider
- Aficionado
- Dweeby fellow
- Professor Frink on "The Simpsons," e.g.
- Sheldon Cooper, e.g.
- Unlikely prom king or queen
- With 49-Down, shout after geeking out
- Wonkish one
- Brainy outcast
- Bright person, to haters
- Stereotypical sci-fi conventioneer
- Tech department worker, stereotypically
- No Mr. Cool
