The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word AREA , but the solution may also be SHUTSIN which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).
Confines crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AREA | 17 % | 4 |
| PENS | 13 % | 4 |
| SHUTSIN | 9 % | 7 |
| ENCLOSES | 6 % | 8 |
| INTERNS | 4 % | 7 |
| COOPSUP | 4 % | 7 |
| RIM | 4 % | 3 |
| SHUTS | 4 % | 5 |
| PURLIEU | 4 % | 7 |
| JAILS | 4 % | 5 |
| CAGES | 4 % | 5 |
| LIMIT | 2 % | 5 |
| LIMITS | 2 % | 6 |
| SCOPE | 2 % | 5 |
| STINTS | 2 % | 6 |
| ENCAGES | 2 % | 7 |
| FENCESIN | 2 % | 8 |
| PENSUP | 2 % | 6 |
| DETAINS | 2 % | 7 |
| NAILSUP | 2 % | 7 |
| HEMSIN | 2 % | 6 |
| DISTRICT | 2 % | 8 |
| ASTRICTS | 2 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Confines
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- circumscribe
- limit
- restrict
- restrain
- hold
- enclose
- detain
- trammel
- hold in
- bound
- throttle
- limited
Crossword Answer definitions
AREA noun- A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
- A particular geographic region.
- Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
- The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.
- An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement.
- Penalty box; penalty area.
- Genitals.
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 AREA
- Atlas datum
- Bailiwick
- Carpet seller's calculation
- Code kind
- District
- Field
- L x W
- LAN part
- Locale
- Lot measurement
More clues leading to the result PENS
- Authors
- Composes
- Magic markers
- Piggy places
- Slammers
- Cygnets' mothers
- Low-tech recording devices
- Sites of ink...or oinks
- They're full of cons
- Writes
More clues leading to the result SHUTSIN
More clues leading to the result ENCLOSES
- Puts a fence around
- Puts in the envelope
- Fences off
- Puts in an envelope, say
- Puts in a box
- Confines
- Shuts up
- Puts in an envelope
- Fences in.
- Walls in.
More clues leading to the result INTERNS
- On-the-job trainees
- Some summer workers
- Hospital figures
- Trainees
- Apprentices
- Certain trainees
- Medical rookies
- New physicians
- "Scrubs" characters
- Places under arrest.
More clues leading to the result COOPSUP
More clues leading to the result RIM
- Border
- Grand Canyon vantage.
- Plate edge
- Pacific __
- Margin
- Outer edge
- Brink
- Car part that might be tricked out
- Edge
- Car part plated with chrome, perhaps
More clues leading to the result SHUTS
- Closes down
- Secures
- Pulls to
- Closes
- Bars or bolts
- Locks up
- Seals
- Closes up
- Turns (off)
- Suspends operations, with "down"
More clues leading to the result PURLIEU
- Surrounding neighborhood
- Regular haunt
- Stamping ground
- Regular hangout
- Outlying area.
- Outlying district.
- Outlying part, as of a city.
- Confines
- Hangout
More clues leading to the result JAILS
- Cages for some birds?
- Holding cells
- Cans
- Slammers
- Establishments with bars
- Locks up
- Lockups
- Places for certain birds?
- Puts behind bars
- Puts away
More clues leading to the result CAGES
- Batting backstops
- MMA fight locales
- Zoo features
- Batting-practice areas
- Escape artists' props
- Where canaries crash?
- Homes for hamsters
- Canaries' quarters
- Pet store purchases
- Bar rooms?
More clues leading to the result LIMIT
- "25 words or less," e.g.
- Border line
- Boundary
- Ceiling
- Demarcate
- Restrict
- Maximum bet
- 55 miles an hour, maybe
- Cutoff
- Hold in check
More clues leading to the result LIMITS
- Puts a cap on
- Restricts
- Boundaries
- Poker maximums
- Restrictions
- Highway postings
- Caps
- Vegas table postings
- "The Outer __" ('60s sci-fi show)
- Confines.
More clues leading to the result SCOPE
- Range
- Big name in mouthwash
- Extent of operation
- Rifle attachment
- Oral-B alternative
- Extent
- Listerine alternative
- Aiming aid
- Range or extent
- Range of view
More clues leading to the result STINTS
- Stretches
- Work shifts
- Is frugal
- Work periods
- Acts frugally
- Tours of duty
- Stretches on the job
- Periods of duty
- Tenures
- Pinches pennies
More clues leading to the result ENCAGES
- Traps in
- Puts behind bars
- Confines, as a pet bird
- Coops up
- Confines in an enclosure.
- Places in a zoo.
- Shuts up.
- Confines.
- Confines, in a way
- Coops up, really
More clues leading to the result FENCESIN
More clues leading to the result PENSUP
More clues leading to the result DETAINS
- Holds back
- Holds in custody
- Holds for questioning
- Keeps in custody
- Withholds.
- Causes to remain.
- Keeps in custody.
- Confines.
- Stops.
- Keeps back
More clues leading to the result NAILSUP
More clues leading to the result HEMSIN
- Restricts
- Completely surrounds
- Cuts off from escape
- Corners
- Surrounds
- Confines
- Traps
- Leaves without wiggle room
More clues leading to the result DISTRICT
- Word after school or business
- D.C. part
- Part of DC
- Confines
- Part of a city.
- Political division.
- Election section.
- Portion of a city.
- Any region.
- Red light, for one