The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word FORT , but the solution may also be PALISADE which is one of the most recent solution (2008 in New York Times).
Defensive structure crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FORT | 25 % | 4 |
| PALISADE | 25 % | 8 |
| REDAN | 13 % | 5 |
| FORTRESS | 13 % | 8 |
| STOCKADE | 13 % | 8 |
| RAMPART | 13 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Defensive structure
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- defence
- defense
- defences
- defensively
- defensive circle
- fortifications
- defenses
- defensibility
- structures
- zone defense
- defending
- defenders
Crossword Answer definitions
FORT noun- A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
- Any permanent army post.
- An outlying trading-station, as in British North America.
- To create a fort, fortifications, a strong point, or a redoubt.
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 FORT
- Benning is one
- Place for a battery?
- Benning or Rucker
- Sumter or McHenry
- Benning or Carson
- Snow day construction, maybe
- Army post
- Construction of snow, maybe
- Sumter or Knox
- Garrison
More clues leading to the result PALISADE
- Fence of wooden stakes
- Defensive fortification
- Fence for defense
- Strong fence made of stakes
- Defense fence
- Bold cliff
- Fort's defense
- Defensive fence
- Strong fence
- Fence made of stakes
More clues leading to the result REDAN
- V-shaped fortification
- Battlement
- Fortification.
- Angular fortification.
- Fortified work.
- Type of fort.
- Angle-shaped fortification.
- A fieldwork.
- Angular parapet.
- Parapeted earthwork.
More clues leading to the result FORTRESS
- The Tower of London, for one
- The Tower of London, once
- Military stronghold
- Stronghold
- Defensive structure
- Malta or Gibraltar.
- Flying ___.
- Stronghold.
- England, à la "Richard II"
- Citadel
More clues leading to the result STOCKADE
- Military prison
- Wall Street was built along one
- Military lockup
- Place for prisoners
- Type of pen
- Setting in "From Here To Eternity."
- Defensive structure.
- Enclosure of a sort.
- Frontier structure
- Defense fence