The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CLAIM which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2008.
Contention crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CLAIM | 56 % | 5 |
| DEBATE | 22 % | 6 |
| STRIFE | 11 % | 6 |
| FRAY | 11 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Contention
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- arguing
- contestation
- controversy
- rivalry
- competition
- tilt
- argument
- wrangling
- dispute
- disagreement
- polemic
- challenge
Crossword Answer definitions
CLAIM noun- A demand of ownership made for something.
- The thing claimed.
- The right or ground of demanding.
- A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
- A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.
- A legal demand for compensation or damages.
- To demand ownership of.
- To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
- To demand ownership or right to use for land.
- To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
- To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
- To cause the loss of, usually by violent means.
- To proclaim.
- To call or name.
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 CLAIM
- Forty-niner's stake
- Homesteader's tract
- Prospector's filing
- Type of check
- Contend
- Thing filed with an insurance company
- Cleaners sheet?
- Insurance company filing
- Something staked
- esurance filing
More clues leading to the result DEBATE
- "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" setting
- Argue over
- Campaign event
- Lincoln-Douglas event
- Engage in forensics
- Formal argument
- House of Commons discussion
- Historic Kennedy-Nixon event
- It has its pros and cons
- Discussion of both sides
More clues leading to the result STRIFE
- Conflict
- Discord
- Friction
- Bitter discord
- Interpersonal tension
- Warfare
- Bitter conflict
- Bitter disagreement
- Vigorous discord
- Alternative of "cold war."