The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BORNE which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2022.
Held up crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BORNE | 43 % | 5 |
| DELAYED | 13 % | 7 |
| BUOYED | 10 % | 6 |
| LATE | 8 % | 4 |
| LASTED | 5 % | 6 |
| SLOWED | 3 % | 6 |
| PAUSED | 3 % | 6 |
| ROBBED | 3 % | 6 |
| SHORED | 3 % | 6 |
| REARED | 3 % | 6 |
| RAISED | 3 % | 6 |
| BRACED | 3 % | 6 |
| LIFTED | 3 % | 6 |
| DETAINED | 3 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Held up
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- delayed
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- the soloist
- bait
- a thin line between love and hate
- sunset strip
- ride
- for a good time, call...
- jawbreaker
- my fellow americans
Crossword Answer definitions
BORNE verb- To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
- To support, sustain, or endure.
- To support, keep up, or maintain.
- To press or impinge upon.
- To produce, yield, give birth to.
- (originally nautical) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
- To gain or win.
- Carried, supported.
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 BORNE
- Brought into the world
- Carried
- Carried upon
- Held up
- Stood or carried
- Transported
- Carrying
- Withstood
- Transported, as on the wind
- Shouldered
More clues leading to the result DELAYED
More clues leading to the result BUOYED
- Raised up
- Lifted, as one's spirits
- Kept afloat
- Raised, as spirits
- Uplifted
- Gladdened, with "up"
- Encouraged.
- Kept afloat, with "up."
- Heartened
- Lifted up
More clues leading to the result LATE
- Like the White Rabbit of Wonderland
- After the bell
- After-hours show
- Behind time
- Into the wee hours
- Not on cue
- Overdue
- Past due
- Tardy
- Delayed
More clues leading to the result LASTED
- Remained
- Survived
- Went the distance
- Hung in there
- Went on for a long time
- Continued
- Endured
- Held out
- Went on
- Held up
More clues leading to the result SLOWED
- Reduced speed
- Lost steam
- Decelerated
- Lost velocity
- Put on the brakes
- Ran down
- Backed off
- Lost speed
- Impeded
- Went from 50 to 40
More clues leading to the result PAUSED
- Took a breather
- Took ten
- Obeyed a comma
- Waited for a laugh, say
- Didn't go on right away
- Waited
- Stopped briefly
- Held up
- Didn't go straight
- Took a break
More clues leading to the result ROBBED
- Embezzled
- Took a picture, perhaps
- Ripped off
- Held up
- Took the wrong way?
- Stuck up
- Took wrongly
- This Robin Hood did.
- "We wuz ___!"
- Cheated
More clues leading to the result SHORED
- Bolstered (up)
- Propped (up)
- Reinforced, with "up"
- Propped up.
- Propped (up).
- Bolstered (up).
- Propped up
- Strengthened
- ___ up (propped)
- Braced
More clues leading to the result REARED
- Brought up
- Acted as parent to
- Rose up
- Went up on the hind legs
- Brough up
- Raised
- Brought to maturity
- Parented
- Rose high
- Imparted nurture
More clues leading to the result RAISED
- Upped a bet
- Brought up
- Elevated
- Upped the bet
- Lifted
- Embossed
- Like Braille characters
- Jacked up
- Saw through childhood
- Bettered a bet, or made it worse
More clues leading to the result BRACED
- Beefed up
- Set, as for a shock
- Given support
- Held up
- Reinforced
- Added support to
- Got some reinforcements
- Made sturdier
- Prepared, as for a jolt
- Got (oneself) ready, as for a shock
More clues leading to the result LIFTED
- Gave a boost to
- Picked up
- Held up
- Swiped
- Brought up
- Hoisted
- Raised, as barbells
- Made off with
- Raised
- Plagiarized: Colloq.