The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word JAIL , but the solution may also be SEW which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
Lock up crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| JAIL | 19 % | 4 |
| SEW | 13 % | 3 |
| CAGE | 9 % | 4 |
| ENCAGE | 9 % | 6 |
| CLINCH | 9 % | 6 |
| EMBAR | 6 % | 5 |
| ICE | 6 % | 3 |
| SECURE | 6 % | 6 |
| CEMENT | 3 % | 6 |
| RUNIN | 3 % | 5 |
| GAOL | 3 % | 4 |
| IMPOUND | 3 % | 7 |
| SEIZE | 3 % | 5 |
| CLOSE | 3 % | 5 |
| ENSURE | 3 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Lock up
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- put away
- lock away
- shut up
- lock in
- shut away
- lock
- lock down
- incarcerate
- imprison
- hem up
- inlock
- prison
Crossword Answer definitions
JAIL noun- A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
- Confinement in a jail.
- The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
- In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
- (FreeBSD) A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.
- To imprison.
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 JAIL
- Pokey
- Stir
- Hoosegow
- Monopoly corner
- Where one is immured
- The clink
- It neighbors Connecticut
- Carceral site
- Lockup
- Incarcerate
More clues leading to the result SEW
- Do needlework
- Do some zigzags, perhaps
- Fasten with cotton
- Do like Betsy Ross
- Do some couching
- Put in stitches
- Stitch
- Use a Singer
- Baste
- Be in stitches?
More clues leading to the result CAGE
- American composer of "Musicircus"
- Lovebirds' home
- Parakeet pad
- Pen up
- Kennel confinement
- Animal house?
- Farm enclosure
- Rockers ___ the Elephant
- Movable backstop
- Bar room?
More clues leading to the result ENCAGE
- Lock up in a bar room?
- Confine, as a canary
- Coop up
- Place behind bars
- Keep, as a pet bird
- Put behind bars
- Imprison
- Confine
- Coop up in a coop
- Keep in a coop
More clues leading to the result CLINCH
- Settle-decisively
- Seal, as a deal
- Settle decisively
- Lock up
- Sew up
- Assure
- Secure
- Put on ice
- Make conclusive.
- Defensive maneuver in boxing.
More clues leading to the result EMBAR
- Fasten in
- Throw the bull
- Put in prison
- Imprison, in a way
- Cage in
- Incarcerate
- Stop legally
- Put in a pen, maybe
- Hinder
- Imprison
More clues leading to the result ICE
- Chill
- Dry __ (solid Carbon dioxide)
- Gerald Browne's "Green ___"
- Hockey field
- Rink surface
- Ross __ Shelf
- Winter sculpture material
- Bar request
- Bruin's milieu
- Diamonds, to jewel thieves
More clues leading to the result SECURE
- Safe and sound
- In code, perhaps
- Safe
- Unthreatened
- Make fast
- Part 2 of quote
- Impervious to break-ins
- Pin up, as a pin curl
- Protected
- Fasten tightly
More clues leading to the result CEMENT
- Adhere with mortar
- Truck filling
- Solidify
- Make firm
- Common side-walk material
- Good binder
- Permanent binder
- Foundation material
- Glue
- Concrete ingredient
More clues leading to the result RUNIN
- Quarrel
- Altercation
- Take downtown
- Bring to the station
- Tense encounter
- Argument
- Haul to the station house
- Put the arm on
- Take to jail
- Confrontation
More clues leading to the result GAOL
- Liverpool lockup
- Stir in Sussex
- London hoosegow
- Stir in London
- Reading pen?
- Can, in Canterbury
- London lockup
- Big house in London
- Bath cooler
- Big house in Britain
More clues leading to the result IMPOUND
- Seize and keep
- Seize and retain in custody
- Legally seize
- Hold, as a tower
- Hold in legal custody.
- Confine a canine
- Lock up
More clues leading to the result SEIZE
- Take forcibly
- Afflict suddenly
- Grab
- Grasp forcibly
- Capture
- Apprehend
- Appropriate
- Take by force
- Confiscate
- Take control of
More clues leading to the result CLOSE
- "__, but no cigar!"
- Go under
- Lacking fresh air
- Anybody's game
- "That's the right idea"
- Hard to call
- Seal the deal
- __ shave
- No cigar?
- Needing a recount