Answer to "In a rut" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STUCK , but the solution may also be BORED which is one of the most recent solution (2012 in Newsday).

In a rut crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
STUCK	62 %	5
MIRED	23 %	5
BORED	15 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: In a rut

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

• stuck
• uninspired
• bored
• boredom
• ennui
• bore
• tedium
• boring
• borer
• sigh
• dullness
• stock

Crossword Answer definitions

STUCK verb

1. To become or remain attached; to adhere.
2. To jam; to stop moving.
3. To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
4. To persist.
5. Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
6. To remain loyal; to remain firm.
7. To hesitate, to be reluctant; to refuse (in negative phrases).
8. To be puzzled (at something), have difficulty understanding.
9. To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.
10. To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
11. To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
12. To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
13. To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
14. To adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing.
15. To perform (a landing) perfectly.
16. To propagate plants by cuttings.
17. (joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
18. To bring to a halt; to stymie; to puzzle.
19. To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
20. To have sexual intercourse with.
21. To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.

STUCK adjective

1. Unable to move.
2. Unable to progress with a task.
3. No longer functioning, frozen up, frozen.

STUCK noun

1. A thrust.

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 STUCK

• Unable to continue
• In an impossible situation
• At an impasse
• In a rut
• Puzzled
• Experiencing writer's block, perhaps
• In a bind
• Baffled
• Hung-up
• In traffic, say

More clues leading to the result MIRED

• In deep shit, perhaps
• Not going anywhere
• Stuck
• Stuck, with "down"
• Entangled
• Entangled (in)
• Bogged down
• Stuck in the mud
• Unable to get traction, maybe
• Stuck deeply

More clues leading to the result BORED

• Not interested
• Low on interest?
• Was crashing?
• Tunneled
• Twiddling one's thumbs
• Gouged out mechanically
• Yawning, perhaps
• Feeling ennui
• Drilled
• In the doldrums