The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SPARE which also is the latest solution we found used in CrossSynergy in 2013.
Kept in reserve crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SPARE | 44 % | 5 |
| ONICE | 22 % | 5 |
| SAVED | 22 % | 5 |
| SALTEDDOWN | 11 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Kept in reserve
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- spare
- saved
- backup
- head
- nest egg
- reserved
- reserves
- supply
- ace
- card
- aside
- book
Crossword Answer definitions
SPARE noun- The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
- Parsimony; frugal use.
- An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
- That which has not been used or expended.
- A spare part, especially a spare tire.
- A superfluous or second-best person, specially (in a dynastic context) in the phrase "An heir and a spare".
- The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.
- The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.
- A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class.
- Scant; not abundant or plentiful.
- Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.
- Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
- Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.
- Lean; lacking flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
- Very angry; frustrated or distraught.
- Slow.
- To show mercy.
- To keep.
- To give up To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
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 SPARE
- Next best thing to a strike
- Left over
- Type of tire
- Diagonal line, on a score sheet
- Donut in a trunk
- Flat replacement
- It may be found in the trunk
- Trunk item
- Do without
- Converted split
More clues leading to the result ONICE
- In the cooler
- Tabled
- In reserve
- Waiting until after the game to get drunk, say
- In the bag
- Reserved or preserved
- Being saved
- Chilling
- Chilling out?
- Just chillin'?
More clues leading to the result SAVED
- Backed up
- Contributed to an IRA
- Held on to
- Administered CPR, maybe
- Rescued
- Exercised frugality
- Redeemed
- Held for later
- Kept for a rainy day
- Took advantage of bargains