The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TAME , but the solution may also be REININ which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Bring under control crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TAME | 40 % | 4 |
| REININ | 34 % | 6 |
| HARNESS | 13 % | 7 |
| SUBDUE | 9 % | 6 |
| QUELL | 2 % | 5 |
| REDUCE | 2 % | 6 |
Why may REININ be the right solution?
The answer "REININ" is a play on words, where "rein in" means to bring under control, and "REININ" is a shortened form of the phrase.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bring under control
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- quell
- subdue
- suppress
- put down
- stifle
- remover
- shrink
- expel
- drop
- succumb
- bate
- blockade
Crossword Answer definitions
TAME verb- To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate.
- To become tame or domesticated.
- To make gentle or meek.
- Not or no longer wild; domesticated
- (chiefly of animals) Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact
- Not exciting.
- Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
- (of a knot) Capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
- To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.
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 TAME
- Like a house pet
- Subdue
- Domesticated
- Unresisting
- Do some circus work
- Docile
- Break
- Unlikely to bite
- Make the wild mild
- G-rated
More clues leading to the result REININ
- Check, as a horse
- Pull, as a horse
- Put a lid on
- Bring under control
- Keep under control
- Control
- Get under control
- Curb, as spending
- Curb, as a runaway horse
- Restrain
More clues leading to the result HARNESS
- Horse holder
- Draft horse gear
- Bring under control
- Get ready to use
- In ___: working
- Tack room gear
- Equestrian equipment
- Parachute attachment
- Racehorse's gear
- Draft animal attachment
More clues leading to the result SUBDUE
- Keep down
- Pin in a ring, perhaps
- Overcome
- Overpower by force
- Tame
- Put down
- Quash
- Pin in a ring, say
- Bring under control
- Quell
More clues leading to the result QUELL
- Suppress
- Head off
- Pacify
- Put down forcefully
- Put down forcibly
- Put down
- Extinguish
- Stifle
- Put down, as a riot
- Suppress, as a revolt