The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word REGIMENTS which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2003.
Keeps a tight rein crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| REGIMENTS | 100 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Keeps a tight rein
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- bridle
- checkrein
- ebrillade
- martingale
- pull
- pulling
- restrained
- restrain
- restraining
Crossword Answer definitions
REGIMENTS noun- A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units; now specifically, usually composed of two or more battalions.
- Rule or governance over a person, place etc.; government, authority.
- The state or office of a ruler; rulership.
- Influence or control exercised by someone or something (especially a planet).
- A place under a particular rule; a kingdom or domain.
- A regimen.
- To form soldiers into a regiment.
- To systematize, or put in rigid order.
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