The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PENT which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2020.
Confined crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PENT | 65 % | 4 |
| SHUTIN | 8 % | 6 |
| CAGED | 5 % | 5 |
| COOPEDUP | 3 % | 8 |
| KEPTIN | 2 % | 6 |
| IMMURED | 2 % | 7 |
| PENTUP | 2 % | 6 |
| CAGEDIN | 2 % | 7 |
| TIED | 2 % | 4 |
| ENCAGED | 2 % | 7 |
| CAGEDUP | 1 % | 7 |
| POCKETED | 1 % | 8 |
| ENDEMIC | 1 % | 7 |
| FENCEDIN | 1 % | 8 |
| YARDED | 1 % | 6 |
| NARROW | 1 % | 6 |
| SHUT | 1 % | 4 |
| LOCAL | 1 % | 5 |
| CLOSEDIN | 1 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Confined
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- enclosed
- pent
- homebound
- captive
- shut-in
- housebound
- fenced in
- restrained
- shut up
- close
- weather-bound
- snowbound
Crossword Answer definitions
PENT verb- To enclose in a pen.
- Confinement; concealment.
- Confined in a pen, imprisoned.
- A pentatonic scale.
- A pentacle or pentagram.
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 PENT
- Shut in
- Cooped (up)
- Cooped up
- Shut up
- Bottled (up)
- Confined
- Closely confined
- Locked (up)
- Boxed in
- Confined, with "up"
More clues leading to the result SHUTIN
- Stay-at-home
- Recluse
- Enclose
- Patient in quarantine
- Confined
- Locked up
- Withdrawn
- One who doesn't get out much
- Quarantined person
- Invalid.
More clues leading to the result CAGED
- Locked up
- Restricted
- Like MMA fights
- Behind bars
- Not free to roam
- Like pet birds, often
- Fenced in
- Like some fighters
- Confined, in a way
- Pent up
More clues leading to the result COOPEDUP
More clues leading to the result KEPTIN
More clues leading to the result IMMURED
More clues leading to the result PENTUP
- Suppressed
- Unreleased, as emotion
- Suppressed, as emotions
- Suppressed, as feelings
- Held in check, as one's emotions
- Ready to burst
- Held in, like emotions
- Kept in, as hostility
- Unreleased
- Repressed
More clues leading to the result CAGEDIN
More clues leading to the result TIED
- 5-5, e.g.
- Evened up
- 10-10 or 5-5.
- Come out even
- Even
- Tongue ___
- 10-10 or 5-5
- Heading to sudden death, say
- Headed for overtime
- 50-50, say
More clues leading to the result ENCAGED
More clues leading to the result CAGEDUP
More clues leading to the result POCKETED
More clues leading to the result ENDEMIC
- Native
- Native to a spot
- Native to a particular region
- Native, in a way
- Regional
- Indigenous
- Natural to a region
- Peculiar to a locale
- Localized
- Prevalent, as in a locale
More clues leading to the result FENCEDIN
More clues leading to the result YARDED
More clues leading to the result NARROW
- Long and thin
- Like AAA shoes
- Short of breadth
- Like a 101-100 win
- Constricted
- Straight partner
- Come to the point?
- Close, as an escape
- Taper
- Tough to squeeze through
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 LOCAL
- Express alternative
- Train with many stops
- Union branch
- It's hardly express
- Like some news
- Makes all stops
- It makes all the stops
- Union unit
- Narrow in scope
- Certain subway