The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CAGED , but the solution may also be INCUSTODY which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in New York Times).
Behind bars crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CAGED | 69 % | 5 |
| INJAIL | 11 % | 6 |
| INSTIR | 9 % | 6 |
| ENCAGED | 3 % | 7 |
| LOCKEDUP | 3 % | 8 |
| INCUSTODY | 3 % | 9 |
| JAILED | 3 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Behind bars
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- incarcerated
- incarceration
- jail cell
- imprisoned
- imprisonment
- prison
- prison cell
- prison term
- prisoned
- jailhouse
- locked up
- incarcerating
Crossword Answer definitions
CAGED verb- To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.
- To restrict someone's movement or creativity.
- To track individual responses to direct mail, either to maintain and develop mailing lists or to identify people who are not eligible to vote because they do not reside at the registered addresses.
- Confined in a cage.
- Of eggs: produced by birds confined in cages; not free-range.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result CAGED
- Locked up
- Restricted
- Like MMA fights
- Behind bars
- Not free to roam
- Like pet birds, often
- Fenced in
- Like some fighters
- Confined, in a way
- Pent up
More clues leading to the result INJAIL
- Jugged
- Locked up
- Behind bars
- Stretching?
- Words that accompany "Just visiting" on a Monopoly space
- Next to Connecticut Avenue, say, on a Monopoly board
More clues leading to the result INSTIR
- Jailed
- Locked up
- Serving time
- Doing time, colloquially
- Locked up, slangily
- Canned?
- Penned?
- Behind bars
- Doing time
- Finishing a sentence, say