Answer to "Encumbers" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SADDLES , but the solution may also be RETARDS which is one of the most recent solution (1996 in New York Times).

Encumbers crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SADDLES	25 %	7
BURDENERS	25 %	9
RETARDS	25 %	7
LOADS	25 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Encumbers

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• cumber
• restrain
• constrain
• grave
• hangs
• overloads
• serious
• weighs
• emasculates
• impedes
• hinders
• constricts

Crossword Answer definitions

SADDLES noun

1. A seat (tack) for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal.
2. An item of harness (harness saddle) placed on the back of a horse or other animal.
3. A seat on a bicycle, motorcycle, etc.
4. A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone.
5. A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.
6. A formation of gold-bearing quartz occurring along the crest of an anticlinal fold, especially in Australia.
7. The raised floorboard in a doorway.
8. A small tapered or sloped area structure that helps channel surface water to drains.
9. A block of wood, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.
10. A part, such as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
11. The clitellum of an earthworm.
12. Any of the saddle-like markings on a boa constrictor.
13. A saddle shoe.

SADDLES verb

1. To put a saddle on (an animal).
2. To get into a saddle.
3. To burden or encumber.

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 SADDLES

• Blazing __
• Tack room items
• Cowboys' seats
• Seats on stallions
• Lamb cuts
• Stable gear
• See 23-Down
• Bicycle parts
• Imposes as a burden.
• Ridges between two peaks.

More clues leading to the result BURDENERS

• Encumbers.

More clues leading to the result RETARDS

• Slows down
• Changes from allegro to moderato, say
• Halts, as growth
• Slows
• Impedes
• Hinders.
• Slows.
• Holds back.
• Impedes.
• Hinders

More clues leading to the result LOADS

• A bunch
• Fills up
• Laundry day sorting
• Laundry piles
• Laundry room sights
• Does some stevedoring
• Wagon fillers
• A 111-Down
• Wash-dry units
• Bank transactions