The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CLINK , but the solution may also be CONFINE which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Jail crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CLINK | 29 % | 5 |
| COOLER | 14 % | 6 |
| PRISON | 14 % | 6 |
| BRIG | 14 % | 4 |
| CONFINE | 14 % | 7 |
| POKEY | 14 % | 5 |
Why may CONFINE be the right solution?
The word "confine" means to keep someone within certain limits, which is similar to the purpose of a jail - to keep prisoners confined within its walls.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Jail
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- jailhouse
- gaol
- incarcerate
- imprison
- put away
- remand
- immure
- lag
- clink
- jug
- put behind bars
- juvie
Crossword Answer definitions
CLINK noun- The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
- To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.
- To rhyme.
- A prison.
- Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.
- To clinch; to rivet.
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 CLINK
- Jail
- Sound from a toaster
- Toasting sound
- Bar sound
- Hoosegow
- Sound from a toaster?
- Sound of touching glasses
- Slammer
- Lockup
- Sound post-toast
More clues leading to the result COOLER
- Ice chest
- Picnic box
- Place for beer
- More like the Canadian Arctic, perhaps
- Picnic container
- Jail, slangily
- Lockup
- Slammer
- Bud holder?
- Picnic convenience
More clues leading to the result PRISON
- "Folsom __ Blues"
- Con-dominium?
- Big house
- "Stone walls do not a ___ make ...": Richard Lovelace
- "Folsom ___ Blues"
- Slammer
- Sing Sing, for one
- Place of con confinement
- The time there might be five to ten
- Place where con jobs are common?
More clues leading to the result BRIG
- Shipboard jail
- Square-rigged ship
- Navy cell
- Slammer at sea
- Tar container?
- Salt container?
- Two-masted ship
- Pokey in the navy
- Ship slammer
- Cooler by the shore?