The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word OBDURATE which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2009.
Intractable crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OBDURATE | 40 % | 8 |
| HARDNOSED | 20 % | 9 |
| STUBBORNASAMULE | 20 % | 15 |
| HARDLINE | 20 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Intractable
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- unmanageable
- uncontrollable
- unmalleable
- recalcitrant
- balky
- refractory
- stubborn
- balking
- incurable
- irreconcilable
- irresolvable
- unaccountable
Crossword Answer definitions
OBDURATE verb- To harden; to obdure.
- Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.
- Physically hardened, toughened.
- Hardened against feeling; hard-hearted.
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 OBDURATE
- Hardhearted
- Inflexible
- Unyielding
- Stubborn as a mule
- Intractable
- Stubborn
- Deaf to entreaty.
- Impervious to appeal.
- Unyielding.
- Hardhearted.
More clues leading to the result HARDNOSED
- Extremely inflexible
- Unsentimentally practical
- Intractable
- Tough and unsentimental
- Stubborn
- Tough
- Unyielding
- Obdurate
- Inflexible
- Unsentimental
More clues leading to the result STUBBORNASAMULE
- "So" obstinate
- Unyielding
- Extremely obstinate
- Simile #4
- Ornery
- Unyeilding
- Bullheaded
- Very ornery
- Quite hard-headed
- Balky in the extreme.