The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word STOP , but the solution may also be DAM which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Block crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STOP | 13 % | 4 |
| DETER | 11 % | 5 |
| DAM | 11 % | 3 |
| STYMIE | 9 % | 6 |
| IMPEDE | 9 % | 6 |
| BAR | 7 % | 3 |
| DAMUP | 6 % | 5 |
| BAN | 4 % | 3 |
| CLOG | 4 % | 4 |
| EMBAR | 3 % | 5 |
| THWART | 3 % | 6 |
| DEBAR | 3 % | 5 |
| OCCLUDE | 3 % | 7 |
| OBSTRUCT | 2 % | 8 |
| HINDER | 1 % | 6 |
| CITYSQUARE | 1 % | 10 |
| STOPPAGE | 1 % | 8 |
| REPRESS | 1 % | 7 |
| CLOT | 1 % | 4 |
| JAMUP | 1 % | 5 |
| ESTOP | 1 % | 5 |
| TACKLESMANEUVER | 1 % | 15 |
| STALL | 1 % | 5 |
| CLOSEOFF | 1 % | 8 |
| HIDE | 1 % | 4 |
| SHUT | 1 % | 4 |
| HINDRANCE | 1 % | 9 |
| STREET | 1 % | 6 |
| CHILDSWOODENTOY | 1 % | 15 |
| VETO | 1 % | 4 |
| OPPOSE | 1 % | 6 |
| BARRIER | 1 % | 7 |
| CUTOFF | 1 % | 6 |
Why may DAM be the right solution?
The word "dam" can refer to a barrier constructed to hold back water and create a reservoir. This fits the definition of a "block" as it obstructs the flow of water.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Block
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bar
- stuff
- pulley
- barricade
- engine block
- lug
- freeze
- blockade
- parry
- choke up
- jam
- stymy
Crossword Answer definitions
STOP noun- A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
- An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
- That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
- A device intended to block the path of a moving object
- A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
- A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
- A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
- One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced.
- A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
- The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
- A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light.
- A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image.
- An f-stop.
- The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
- A coup d'arret, or stop thrust.
- To cease moving.
- To not continue.
- To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
- To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).
- To cause (something) to come to an end.
- To close or block an opening.
- (often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
- To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
- To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
- To punctuate.
- To make fast; to stopper.
- A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.
- Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.
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 STOP
- "__ the music!"
- Depot
- Halt
- Octagon message
- Organ piece
- Railroad-crossing word
- Scrub a mission
- Cease movement
- Discontinue
- Glottal __
More clues leading to the result DETER
More clues leading to the result DAM
- It holds water
- TVA project
- Hoover is one
- Hoover or Norris
- Hoover, for one
- It retains water
- Reservoir creator
- Water container?
- Water stopper
- Barrier
More clues leading to the result STYMIE
More clues leading to the result IMPEDE
- Slow down
- Get in the way
- Slow the progress of
- Delay
- Hinder
- Obstruct
- Block
- Get in the way of
- Hold back
- Interfere with
More clues leading to the result BAR
- Kind of code
- Milky Way unit
- Prevent
- Refuse admission to
- Serving counter
- Soap unit
- Word in many ranch names
- Word with roll or salad
- Close off
- Exclude
More clues leading to the result DAMUP
- Create an obstruction
- Stanch, as a river
- Obstruct
- Work like a beaver
- Block, as a stream
- Clog
- Cause a blockage in
- Block
- Stop from flowing
- Keep from overflowing
More clues leading to the result BAN
- Prohibit
- Prohibition
- Forbid
- Outlaw
- Proscribe
- Taboo
- Big soda ___ (failed Bloombergian initiative)
- -
- Disallow
- Uncompromising law
More clues leading to the result CLOG
- Job for Drano
- Sabot
- Dance in wooden shoes
- Cause backups, say
- Jam up
- Thick-soled shoe
- Wooden shoe
- Rush hour phenomenon
- Clumsy shoe
- Get stopped up
More clues leading to the result EMBAR
- Fasten in
- Throw the bull
- Put in prison
- Imprison, in a way
- Cage in
- Incarcerate
- Stop legally
- Put in a pen, maybe
- Hinder
- Imprison
More clues leading to the result THWART
- Foil
- Block
- Frustrate
- Foil the plans of
- Oppose successfully
- Stymie
- Wreck the plans of
- Short-circuit
- Keep from happening
- Stymie, as plans
More clues leading to the result DEBAR
More clues leading to the result OCCLUDE
- Impede or jam
- Form a certain front, in meteorology
- Block
- Jam
- Shut in or out.
- Block (a passage).
- Stop up
- Block passage through
More clues leading to the result OBSTRUCT
More clues leading to the result HINDER
- Get in the way of
- Thwart
- Slow down
- Obstruct
- Encumber
- Try to prevent, as an investigation
- Impede
- Block
- Be an obstacle to
- Stymie
More clues leading to the result CITYSQUARE
More clues leading to the result STOPPAGE
- Obstruction
- Cessation of activity
- Cessation
- Clog
- Obstruction.
- Plumber's problem
- Block
- Shutdown
- Sit-down, e.g.
- Union work ploy
More clues leading to the result REPRESS
- Block parties when you were completely wasted, say
- Hold back
- Stifle
- Keep in, as feelings
- Keep in check
- Hold back.
- Overpower.
- Quell.
- Hold down.
- Hold in check.
More clues leading to the result CLOT
- Coagulate
- Congeal
- Stop gushing
- Curdle
- Solidify, in a way
- Blood ___
- Blood hardening
- Jumbled mass
- Lump
- Artery blockage
More clues leading to the result JAMUP
- Clog
- Printer malfunction
- Obstruction
- Bind
- Cause an obstruction in
- "___ and Jelly Tight" (1969 Tommy Roe hit)
- Snarl
- Copier malfunction
- Become clogged
- Obstruct, as a copier
More clues leading to the result ESTOP
- Bar, at the bar
- Bar, legally
- Prevent legally
- Prevent, in legalspeak
- Impede legally
- Legally bar
- Block legally
- Bar by writ
- Bar in court
- Finish, at the bar
More clues leading to the result TACKLESMANEUVER
More clues leading to the result STALL
- Conk out
- Flea-market division
- Park place?
- Play for time
- Bathroom unit
- Merchandise booth
- Engine problem
- Bazaar booth
- Booth
- Buy time
More clues leading to the result CLOSEOFF
More clues leading to the result HIDE
- Hair's partner
- _____-and-seek
- Store away
- ___-and-seek
- Animal skin
- Go underground
- Pelt
- Tannery skin
- Participate in a kids' game
- "He's coming!"
More clues leading to the result SHUT
- Boarded up
- Close
- Padlocked
- Like a front door that's not letting all the cold in, do you think I'm paying to heat the entire outdoors or something?
- Fastened
- Closed
- "___ your trap!"
- Closed tightly
- Occlude
- Sealed
More clues leading to the result HINDRANCE
More clues leading to the result STREET
- Easy or Sesame
- New York's 42nd, for one
- Thoroughfare
- Mason's secretary
- Urban lane
- Bourbon, e.g.
- Stickball field
- Easy or Fleet
- Thorough-fare
- __ Arab (gamin)
More clues leading to the result CHILDSWOODENTOY
More clues leading to the result VETO
- Executive turndown
- Line-item ____
- Literally, "I forbid"
- Pocket item?
- Line-item __
- Kill a bill
- Reject
- Put the kibosh on
- Bill cancellation
- Break up a bill?
More clues leading to the result OPPOSE
- Measure against
- Bump heads with
- Act against
- Go against
- Stand against
- Go against the government in Parliament
- Be against
- Face down
- Fly in the face of
- Side against
More clues leading to the result BARRIER
- Obstacle
- With 42 Across, coastal storm mitigators
- Obstruction
- Where racehorses line up at the start.
- Movable gate for starting race horses.
- Fence or wall.
- Great ___ Reef
- Australia's reef
- Block
- Roadblock