The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word NARROW which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2002.
Confining crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NARROW | 40 % | 6 |
| MEWING | 20 % | 6 |
| CRAMPED | 20 % | 7 |
| CAGING | 20 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Confining
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- restricting
- restrictive
- limiting
- constraining
- constrictive
- close
- limit
- containment
- stifling
- lockdown
- breaking
- isolation
Crossword Answer definitions
NARROW noun- (chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.
- Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
- Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
- Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
- Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
- Having a small margin or degree.
- Limited as to means; straitened
- Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
- Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
- Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.
- To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
- To get narrower.
- (of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
- To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
- To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.
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 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 MEWING
More clues leading to the result CRAMPED
- Lacking sufficient space
- Hardly roomy, as much airline seating
- Tight on space
- Incommodious
- Restrained.
- Lacking room.
- Confining
- Squeezed
- Having very limited space
- Short on room