The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word JAIL , but the solution may also be SLAMMER which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Clink crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| JAIL | 24 % | 4 |
| SLAMMER | 17 % | 7 |
| COOLER | 14 % | 6 |
| STIR | 14 % | 4 |
| PEN | 10 % | 3 |
| CAN | 10 % | 3 |
| TINKLE | 3 % | 6 |
| HOOSEGOW | 3 % | 8 |
| LOCKUP | 3 % | 6 |
Why may SLAMMER be the right solution?
"SLAMMER" is a slang term for a prison, and "clink" is also a slang term for a prison. Therefore, "SLAMMER" is the right answer to the clue "Clink".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Clink
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- tink
- click
- tinkle
- chink
- gaol
- jailhouse
- jail
- clank
- slammer
- pokey
- prison
- canakin
Crossword Answer definitions
JAIL noun- A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
- Confinement in a jail.
- The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
- In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
- (FreeBSD) A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.
- To imprison.
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 JAIL
- Pokey
- Stir
- Hoosegow
- Monopoly corner
- Where one is immured
- The clink
- It neighbors Connecticut
- Carceral site
- Lockup
- Incarcerate
More clues leading to the result SLAMMER
More clues leading to the result COOLER
- Ice chest
- Picnic box
- Place for beer
- More like the Canadian Arctic, perhaps
- Picnic container
- Jail, slangily
- Lockup
- Slammer
- Bud holder?
- Picnic convenience
More clues leading to the result STIR
- Begin to move
- Brouhaha
- Combine
- Cooking direction
- Mix up
- Ruckus
- Tend to the batter
- Tend to the sauce
- Use a swizzle stick
- __-crazy
More clues leading to the result PEN
- Compose
- Escritoire item
- Parker product
- Shirt-pocket stainer
- Sty
- Hoosegow
- Place to warm up
- Waterman or Parker
- Author's need
- Corral
More clues leading to the result CAN
- Food holder
- Lay off
- Fire
- Pantry item
- Preserve
- Dismiss
- Issue walking papers to
- Recyclable item
- Recycled item
- Soup unit
More clues leading to the result TINKLE
- Crystal chandelier sound
- Make light ringing sounds
- Small bell sound
- Light ring
- Toy piano sound
- Wind chime sound
- Bell sound
- Metallic sound.
- Bell sound.
- Sound in a way.