The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word HAS , but the solution may also be DETAINS which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).
Holds crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HAS | 51 % | 3 |
| OWNS | 18 % | 4 |
| CLASPS | 8 % | 6 |
| CONTAINS | 6 % | 8 |
| AVERS | 3 % | 5 |
| DEEMS | 3 % | 5 |
| CITADELS | 2 % | 8 |
| BINDS | 2 % | 5 |
| WIELDS | 2 % | 6 |
| ARRESTS | 2 % | 7 |
| KEEPS | 2 % | 5 |
| SITSPAT | 2 % | 7 |
| DETAINS | 2 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Holds
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- take hold
- grasp
- grip
- clutches
- take
- clench
- clutch
- restrain
- contain
- carry
- confine
- go for
Crossword Answer definitions
HAS verb- To possess, own.
- To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
- Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
- To partake of (a particular substance, especially food or drink, or action or activity).
- To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
- To experience, go through, undergo.
- To be afflicted with, suffer from.
- (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect.
- Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)
- (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
- To give birth to.
- To engage in sexual intercourse with.
- To accept as a romantic partner.
- (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
- (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
- (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
- (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
- To defeat in a fight; take.
- (obsolete outside Ireland) To be able to speak (a language).
- To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
- To trick, to deceive.
- (often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate.
- (often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
- To host someone; to take in as a guest.
- To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
- (of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
- To make an observation of (a bird species).
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 HAS
- "Euclid alone ___ looked on beauty bare..."
- A few laughs
- Is afflicted with
- Suffers from
- Is in possession
- Is suffering from
- Keeps
- Owns
- ___-been
- Possesses
More clues leading to the result OWNS
- Holds
- Admits to
- Holds title
- Possesses
- Has control of
- Admits, with "up"
- Controls
- Doesn't rent
- Fesses (up to)
- Has a right to
More clues leading to the result CLASPS
- Envelope fasteners
- Envelope features
- Holds on to
- Parts of some envelopes
- Necklace parts
- Brooches, e.g.
- Hugs
- Necklace securers
- Fasteners
- Embraces
More clues leading to the result CONTAINS
More clues leading to the result AVERS
- Declares
- Proclaims
- Swears to
- States with conviction
- Boldly states
- States firmly
- Swears
- States
- Maintains
- Declares to be true
More clues leading to the result DEEMS
More clues leading to the result CITADELS
More clues leading to the result BINDS
- Tight spots
- Finishes a book
- Holds together
- Sticky situations
- Ties up
- Tough spots
- Pickles
- Jams
- Hogties
- Ties together
More clues leading to the result WIELDS
- Exercises, as authority
- Exercises, as power
- Employs actively
- Handles, as a harpoon
- Controls
- Brandishes
- Uses effectively
- Exercises
- Handles
- Uses, as a weapon
More clues leading to the result ARRESTS
- Takes into custody
- Collars
- Takes in parts of rap records? (7)
- Cuffs
- Police-force stat
- Checks
- Rap sheet data
- Takes in for booking
- Stems
- Rap sheet entries
More clues leading to the result KEEPS
- Retains
- Play for __
- Castle sanctuaries
- Holds on to
- Doesn't chuck
- Doesn't spoil, as food
- Playing for ___
- What some play for
- Has in inventory
- Hangs onto
More clues leading to the result SITSPAT
- Refuses to make changes
- Is satisfied
- Is content with not taking any action
- Holds tight
- Holds
- Resists change
- Hangs tight
- Doesn't make a move
- Makes no changes
- Draws no cards, in poker