The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word GOT which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2019.
Contracted crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GOT | 35 % | 3 |
| SHRANK | 30 % | 6 |
| NARROWED | 5 % | 8 |
| CAUGHT | 5 % | 6 |
| HAS | 5 % | 3 |
| SHRUNKEN | 5 % | 8 |
| HIRED | 5 % | 5 |
| RECEDED | 5 % | 7 |
| SHRUNK | 5 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Contracted
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- shrunk
- narrowed
- shrunken
- contractile
- hired
- subcontracted
- employed
- developed
- recruited
- outsourced
- acquired
- leased
Crossword Answer definitions
GOT verb- (ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
- To receive.
- (in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
- To fetch, bring, take.
- To become, or cause oneself to become.
- To cause to become; to bring about.
- To cause to do.
- To cause to come or go or move.
- To cause to be in a certain status or position.
- (with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
- To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
- To begin (doing something or to do something).
- To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
- To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
- (followed by infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
- To understand. (compare get it)
- To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
- To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
- To become ill with or catch (a disease).
- To catch out, trick successfully.
- To perplex, stump.
- To find as an answer.
- To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
- To hear completely; catch.
- To getter.
- To beget (of a father).
- To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
- Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
- To go, to leave; to scram.
- To kill.
- To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
- To measure.
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 GOT
- "I __ Plenty o' Nuttin'"
- "I've ____ a Secret"
- Tricked
- Received
- Contracted
- "25. I'm supposed to come up with 25 random things? Sorry, I think that's all I've ___"
- "___ Money" (2008 Lil Wayne hit)
- Caught
- Comprehended
- Figured out
More clues leading to the result SHRANK
- Grew smaller
- Shied away (from)
- Withdrew
- Contracted
- Downsized
- Fared badly in a dryer
- Shouldn't have been in the dryer, maybe
- Recoiled
- Dwindled
- Got smaller
More clues leading to the result NARROWED
More clues leading to the result CAUGHT
- Contracted
- Captured
- Nabbed.
- Was in time for.
- Not fumbled.
- Played back of the plate
- Ensnared
- Foiled by a Fisk throw
- Not loose
- No longer wanted
More clues leading to the result HAS
- "Euclid alone ___ looked on beauty bare..."
- A few laughs
- Is afflicted with
- Suffers from
- Is in possession
- Is suffering from
- Keeps
- Owns
- ___-been
- Possesses
More clues leading to the result SHRUNKEN
More clues leading to the result HIRED
- Employed
- Took on
- Brought on board
- Engaged
- Put on the payroll
- Like the winner of "The Apprentice"
- Added to the staff
- Added to the payroll
- Put to work
- Upped the payroll
More clues leading to the result RECEDED
- Became more distant
- Drew back
- Moved, like many hairlines
- Withdrew
- Lost ground
- Went lower
- Flowed back
- Moved back
- Ebbed
- Lost ground.