The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word RIVEN , but the solution may also be GAP which is one of the most recent solution (1995 in New York Times).
Cleft crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RIVEN | 19 % | 5 |
| REFT | 19 % | 4 |
| PARTED | 19 % | 6 |
| RIMA | 6 % | 4 |
| RECESS | 6 % | 6 |
| TORN | 6 % | 4 |
| RIVED | 6 % | 5 |
| SLIT | 6 % | 4 |
| GAP | 6 % | 3 |
| RENT | 6 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cleft
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- scissure
- fissure
- crack
- crevice
- divided
- bisulcate
- compound
- dissected
- rift
- chink
- aperture
- slit
Crossword Answer definitions
RIVEN verb- To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave.
- To pierce or cleave with a weapon.
- Torn apart.
- Broken into pieces; split asunder.
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 RIVEN
- Split
- Torn asunder
- Torn apart
- Split apart
- Asunder
- Split.
- So falls the House of Usher.
- Split wide open.
- Torn apart.
- Split apart.
More clues leading to the result REFT
- Torn apart
- Fissure
- Plundered, to Chaucer
- Robbed, old-style
- Deprived of, old-style
- Taken away by force, once
- Plundered, old-style
- Cleft.
- Deprived of: Poetic.
- Lorn.
More clues leading to the result PARTED
- Split
- Took different paths
- What Moses did to the Red Sea
- Said goodbye
- Split hairs?
- Went different ways
- Like star-crossed lovers, maybe
- Like hair, at times
- Split up
- Divided
More clues leading to the result RIMA
- Terza ___ (verse form)
- "Green Mansions" girl
- 'Green Mansions' girl
- Terza ___ (kind of verse form)
- Terza ___ (Italian verse form)
- Bird girl of "Green Mansions"
- The Bird Girl of "Green Mansions"
- Device for un poeta
- "Green Mansions" heroine played by Audrey Hepburn
- Ottava __ (Italian verse form)
More clues leading to the result RECESS
- Time for dodge ball, perhaps
- Hole in the wall?
- Time to hit the playground
- Courtroom or classroom break
- Playtime
- Alcove
- Time out
- Cleft
- Niche
- Break from classes
More clues leading to the result TORN
- Ragged
- In shreds
- Rip of Hollywood
- Ripped
- Ripped up
- In conflict
- Shredded
- Having conflicting allegiances
- Not sure what to do
- Unable to decide
More clues leading to the result RIVED
More clues leading to the result SLIT
More clues leading to the result GAP
- Hiatus
- Letterman dental feature
- Opening
- Cumberland, e.g.
- Discontinuity
- Letterman's dental feature
- Space in the record, say
- ___ Kids
- Forever 21 rival
- Generation split