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 |
| PENTUP | 2 % | 6 |
| TIED | 2 % | 4 |
| CAGEDIN | 2 % | 7 |
| ENCAGED | 2 % | 7 |
| KEPTIN | 2 % | 6 |
| IMMURED | 2 % | 7 |
| NARROW | 1 % | 6 |
| SHUT | 1 % | 4 |
| LOCAL | 1 % | 5 |
| CLOSEDIN | 1 % | 8 |
| CAGEDUP | 1 % | 7 |
| POCKETED | 1 % | 8 |
| ENDEMIC | 1 % | 7 |
| YARDED | 1 % | 6 |
| FENCEDIN | 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- Withdrawn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 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 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 CAGEDIN
More clues leading to the result ENCAGED
More clues leading to the result KEPTIN
More clues leading to the result IMMURED
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
More clues leading to the result CLOSEDIN
- Moved up (on)
- Inducing claustrophobia
- Enveloped
- Approached
- Converged (on)
- Narrowed the gap
- Confined
- Tightened the net
- Got nearer to capturing, with "on"
- Approached for a raid
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