The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TAMED which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Broke crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TAMED | 20 % | 5 |
| INSOLVENT | 13 % | 9 |
| PENNILESS | 13 % | 9 |
| STRAPPEDFORCASH | 10 % | 15 |
| DOWNANDOUT | 10 % | 10 |
| BANKRUPT | 7 % | 8 |
| TAPPEDOUT | 3 % | 9 |
| NEEDY | 3 % | 5 |
| SNAPPED | 3 % | 7 |
| POOR | 3 % | 4 |
| RUPTURED | 3 % | 8 |
| STRAPPED | 3 % | 8 |
| IMPECUNIOUS | 3 % | 11 |
| PENETRATED | 3 % | 10 |
Why may TAMED be the right solution?
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Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Broke
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Crossword Answer definitions
TAMED verb- To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate.
- To become tame or domesticated.
- To make gentle or meek.
- To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.
- Domesticated; made tame
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 TAMED
- Busted, as a bronco
- Domesticated
- Civilized
- Toned down
- Broke, in a way
- Broken
- Subdued
- Broken, as a bronc
- Brought to heel
- Calmed down
More clues leading to the result INSOLVENT
More clues leading to the result PENNILESS
- Broke
- Destitute
- Without a sou.
- Impecunious.
- Simple Simon's status.
- Flat broke
- In dire straits
- *See 60-Across
More clues leading to the result STRAPPEDFORCASH
More clues leading to the result DOWNANDOUT
- Blue, literally
- Needy
- Without friends, money or prospects.
- Boxing finale.
- Boxing term.
- Boxing phrase.
- Broke
- On skid row
- Destitute
- In dire straits
More clues leading to the result BANKRUPT
- Insolvent
- Like a Chapter 11 filer
- Legally insolvent
- Insolvent.
- Destitute
- "Wheel of Fortune" spin on either side of "ONE MILLION"
- Impoverished
- Financially ruined
- Broke
More clues leading to the result TAPPEDOUT
More clues leading to the result NEEDY
- Impovished
- Soup-kitchen patrons
- Destitute
- Without a sou
- Hard up
- Demanding
- Wanting
- Poverty-stricken
- Dependent
- Eligible for a scholarship, maybe
More clues leading to the result SNAPPED
- Had kittens
- Lost it
- Showed irritable impatience
- Took a picture.
- Seized eagerly (with "at").
- Broke.
- Answered sharply
- Spoke sharply
- Broke suddenly
- Totally lost it
More clues leading to the result POOR
- Down-and-out
- Not so hot
- Badly off
- Hardly worth a D
- Lacking in value
- Less than good
- Standard's partner
- Far from the 1%
- Low-quality
- Second-rate
More clues leading to the result RUPTURED
More clues leading to the result STRAPPED
- Short on cash
- Short of shekels
- Hard up for dough
- Hard up
- Lacking, with "for"
- Wanting
- Without funds
- Out of funds
- Fastened in a certain way.
- Bound, as with adhesive tape.