The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PENT , but the solution may also be SHUTIN which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in LA Times).
Locked (up) crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PENT | 21 % | 4 |
| CAGED | 15 % | 5 |
| INJAIL | 10 % | 6 |
| INSTIR | 10 % | 6 |
| INPRISON | 8 % | 8 |
| JAILED | 5 % | 6 |
| SHUTIN | 3 % | 6 |
| SEWN | 3 % | 4 |
| UNFREE | 3 % | 6 |
| ENCAGED | 3 % | 7 |
| CLIED | 3 % | 5 |
| SHUT | 3 % | 4 |
| FROZE | 3 % | 5 |
| SECURE | 3 % | 6 |
| ONICE | 3 % | 5 |
| ASSURED | 3 % | 7 |
| BEHINDBARS | 3 % | 10 |
| SEWED | 3 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Locked (up)
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- locked in
- imprisoned
- prisoned
- incarcerated
- lock up
- jailed
- behind bars
- lockup
- padlocked
- imprisonment
- incarceration
- locking
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 CAGED
- Locked up
- Restricted
- Like MMA fights
- Behind bars
- Not free to roam
- Like pet birds, often
- Fenced in
- Like some fighters
- Confined, in a way
- Pent up
More clues leading to the result INJAIL
- Jugged
- Locked up
- Behind bars
- Stretching?
- Words that accompany "Just visiting" on a Monopoly space
- Next to Connecticut Avenue, say, on a Monopoly board
More clues leading to the result INSTIR
- Jailed
- Locked up
- Serving time
- Doing time, colloquially
- Locked up, slangily
- Canned?
- Penned?
- Behind bars
- Doing time
- Finishing a sentence, say
More clues leading to the result INPRISON
More clues leading to the result JAILED
- In the pokey
- Locked up
- Sent up the river
- Behind bars
- Put on ice, so to speak
- Given a sentence to complete
- Incarcerated
- Put in the pen
- In the middle of a sentence
- In the pen
More clues leading to the result SHUTIN
- Stay-at-home
- Recluse
- Enclose
- Patient in quarantine
- Confined
- Locked up
- Withdrawn
- One who doesn't get out much
- Quarantined person
- Invalid.
More clues leading to the result SEWN
- Basted
- Stitched
- Put together, in a way
- Like an heirloom quilt
- Stitched up
- In stitches
- Basted, maybe
- In stitches?
- Made in home ec, maybe
- Mended
More clues leading to the result UNFREE
- Constrained
- In jail, say
- Lacking liberty.
- In bondage
- Shackled
- Imprisoned
- Locked up
- In chains
- Not at liberty
- Imprisoned, e.g.
More clues leading to the result ENCAGED
More clues leading to the result CLIED
More clues leading to the result SHUT
- Boarded up
- Close
- Padlocked
- Like a front door that's not letting all the cold in, do you think I'm paying to heat the entire outdoors or something?
- Fastened
- Closed
- "___ your trap!"
- Closed tightly
- Occlude
- Sealed
More clues leading to the result FROZE
- Lost it before the audience
- Made like a statue
- Immobilized
- Iced up
- Stopped in one's tracks
- Suffered from the cold
- Stood still
- Stopped suddenly
- Succumbed to stage fright
- Became immobilized
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 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 ASSURED
- Gave a guarantee
- Confident
- In the bag
- Certain
- Guaranteed
- Locked up
- Quelled concerns
- Undoubted
- Gave one's word
- Self-confident
More clues leading to the result BEHINDBARS
- In jail (and a hint to 17-, 25-, and 41-Across)
- In the clink
- Jailed
- Locked up
- "I merely agreed to serve beer at some pubs, and now I'm ___!"
- Incarcerated
- Incarcerated, e.g.
- Incarcerate
- Mixologists earn a living ___