The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PENT , but the solution may also be SUPPRESSED which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in New York Times).
Kept in crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PENT | 67 % | 4 |
| STIFLED | 11 % | 7 |
| STETTED | 11 % | 7 |
| SUPPRESSED | 11 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Kept in
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- stored
- hidden
- locked
- lock
- bar
- barring
- locking
- stake out
- box
- box in
- rejuvenation
- enclose
Crossword Answer definitions
PENT verb- To enclose in a pen.
- Confinement; concealment.
- Confined in a pen, imprisoned.
- A pentatonic scale.
- A pentacle or pentagram.
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 PENT
- Shut in
- Cooped (up)
- Cooped up
- Shut up
- Bottled (up)
- Confined
- Closely confined
- Locked (up)
- Boxed in
- Confined, with "up"
More clues leading to the result STIFLED
- Suppressed
- Squelched
- Smothered
- Kept in, as a yawn
- Curbed
- Held back.
- Checked
- Kept in, as a giggle
- Kept in
- Constrained
More clues leading to the result STETTED
- Kept in
- Let stand
- Undid a dele
- Decided to keep
- Left in
- Didn't take out
- Not taken out
- Kept as it was.
- Marked to remain.
- Marked to retain, on proofs.