The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word STIFFEST which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2000.
Most severe, as a penalty crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STIFFEST | 100 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Most severe, as a penalty
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- commute
- convert
- commutation
- doom
- doomed
- exchange
- foom
- exchanged
- book
- climax
- worse
- brownout
Crossword Answer definitions
STIFFEST adjective- (of an object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
- (of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.
- (of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
- Harsh, severe.
- (of muscles or parts of the body) Painful as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.
- Potent.
- Dead, deceased.
- (of a penis) Erect.
- (of whipping cream or egg whites) Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.
- Of an equation: for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.
- Keeping upright.
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