The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word GOT , but the solution may also be TOOK which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Nabbed crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GOT | 22 % | 3 |
| RANIN | 22 % | 5 |
| CAUGHT | 17 % | 6 |
| TOOK | 11 % | 4 |
| COLLARED | 6 % | 8 |
| COPPED | 6 % | 6 |
| NAILED | 6 % | 6 |
| ENSNARED | 6 % | 8 |
| CAUGHTREDHANDED | 6 % | 15 |
Why may TOOK be the right solution?
"Took" means to seize or capture, which is synonymous with "nabbed". Therefore, "Took" is the right solution for the crossword clue "Nabbed".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Nabbed
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- abducted
- apprehended
- arrested
- arrests
- captured
- caught
- detained
- detention
- encountered
- kidnapped
- removed
- seized
Crossword Answer definitions
GOT verb- (ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
- To receive.
- (in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
- To fetch, bring, take.
- To become, or cause oneself to become.
- To cause to become; to bring about.
- To cause to do.
- To cause to come or go or move.
- To cause to be in a certain status or position.
- (with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
- To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
- To begin (doing something or to do something).
- To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
- To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
- (followed by infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
- To understand. (compare get it)
- To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
- To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
- To become ill with or catch (a disease).
- To catch out, trick successfully.
- To perplex, stump.
- To find as an answer.
- To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
- To hear completely; catch.
- To getter.
- To beget (of a father).
- To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
- Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
- To go, to leave; to scram.
- To kill.
- To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
- To measure.
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 GOT
- "I __ Plenty o' Nuttin'"
- "I've ____ a Secret"
- Tricked
- Received
- Contracted
- "25. I'm supposed to come up with 25 random things? Sorry, I think that's all I've ___"
- "___ Money" (2008 Lil Wayne hit)
- Caught
- Comprehended
- Figured out
More clues leading to the result RANIN
- Put the collar on
- Arrested
- Made a dramatic entry
- Took to the pen
- Took into custody
- Took to jail
- Arrested, slangily
- Took to the station house
- Busted, as a perp
- Took to the police station
More clues leading to the result CAUGHT
- Contracted
- Captured
- Nabbed.
- Was in time for.
- Not fumbled.
- Played back of the plate
- Ensnared
- Foiled by a Fisk throw
- Not loose
- No longer wanted
More clues leading to the result TOOK
- Captured
- Captured, as in chess
- Expropriated
- Had the desired effect
- Required, as time
- Required
- Lasted
- Swiped
- Picked up
- Left the ground, with "off"
More clues leading to the result COLLARED
More clues leading to the result COPPED
More clues leading to the result NAILED
- Threw out, as a baserunner
- Caught red-handed
- Executed perfectly
- Hit hard
- Caught
- Executed to perfection
- Stuck, in gymnastics
- Used a hammer
- Did right
- Hit on the head