The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BLEED , but the solution may also be WREST which is one of the most recent solution (2014 in Newsday).
Extort crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BLEED | 50 % | 5 |
| WREST | 27 % | 5 |
| WRING | 18 % | 5 |
| BLACKMAIL | 5 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Extort
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- wring
- rack
- gouge
- wring from
- blackmail
- obtain
- get
- gain
- extract
- learn
- derive
- bleed
Crossword Answer definitions
BLEED noun- An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.
- A narrow edge around a page layout, to be printed but cut off afterwards (added to allow for slight misalignment, especially with pictures that should run to the edge of the finished sheet).
- (sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
- The removal of air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
- (of a person or animal) To lose blood through an injured blood vessel.
- To let or draw blood from.
- To take large amounts of money from.
- To steadily lose (something vital).
- (of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.
- To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
- To bleed on; to make bloody.
- To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.
- To lose sap, gum, or juice.
- To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision.
- (of a phonological rule) To destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied.
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 BLEED
- Extort
- Run
- Run in the wash
- "Let It ___" (Rolling Stones album)
- See 29-Across
- Evidence a pinprick
- Extort money from
- Run over the edge, as ink
- Tend to the radiator
- Run, as dye
More clues leading to the result WREST
- Take forcefully
- Take by force
- Pull (from)
- Forcibly take
- Appropriate by force
- Yank away
- Take away
- Take away forcibly
- Seize by force
- Seize forcibly
More clues leading to the result WRING
- Dry, as a wet towel, with "out"
- Extract forcefully
- Squeeze-dry
- Squeeze dry
- Squeeze to dry
- Squeeze
- Dry, in a way
- Twist to dry
- Twist and squeeze
- Clasp tightly in distress, as one's hands