Answer to "Extort (from)" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WREST which also is the latest solution we found used in King Syndicate in 2015.

Extort (from) crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
WREST	38 %	5
BLEED	25 %	5
GOUGE	25 %	5
WRING	13 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Extort (from)

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

• blackmail
• shake down
• extract
• ingress
• undertake
• hunt down
• infiltrative
• invader
• infiltrate
• pick out
• counter
• draw

Crossword Answer definitions

WREST noun

1. The act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion.
2. A key to tune a stringed instrument.
3. Active or motive power.
4. Short for saw wrest; a saw set.

WREST verb

1. To pull or twist violently.
2. To obtain by pulling or violent force.
3. To seize.
4. To distort, to pervert, to twist.
5. To tune with a wrest, or key.

WREST noun

1. A partition in a water wheel by which the form of the buckets is determined.

WREST noun

1. A metal (formerly wooden) piece of some ploughs attached under the mouldboard (the curved blade that turns over the furrow) for clearing out the furrow; the mouldboard itself.

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 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 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 GOUGE

• Overcharge
• Chisel
• Swindle
• Overcharge, big time
• Goove-making tool
• Overcharge in a big way
• Overcharge but good
• Chisel relative
• Woodworking tool
• Take advantage of

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