The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CHASTE , but the solution may also be UPTIGHT which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in New York Times).
Not loose crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CHASTE | 18 % | 6 |
| CAUGHT | 18 % | 6 |
| TAUT | 18 % | 4 |
| ONALEASH | 9 % | 8 |
| SNUG | 9 % | 4 |
| LITERAL | 9 % | 7 |
| MOORED | 9 % | 6 |
| UPTIGHT | 9 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Not loose
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- snug
- taut
- literal
- chaste
- securer
- lax
- tight
- slack
- slacking
- slacks
- incoherent
- free
Crossword Answer definitions
CHASTE adjective- Abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse.
- Virginal, innocent, having had no sexual experience.
- Austere, simple, undecorative.
- Decent, modest, morally pure.
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 CHASTE
- Pure
- Not loose
- Morally pure
- Uncorrupted
- Pure and virtuous
- Virtuous
- Squeaky clean
- Like a virgin
- Unspoiled
- Squeaky-clean
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 TAUT
- Sans slack
- Lacking slack
- Like a bowstring
- Like a trampoline's surface
- Stretched
- Unyielding
- Far from slack
- Gripping
- Having no slack
- Strung with tension
More clues leading to the result ONALEASH
- Under restraint
- Walking, perhaps
- Somewhat restricted
- Tethered
- Controlled, like one's pet
- Restrained, as one's pet
- Restrained, say
- Not free to chase cars
- Not running free
- Being trained, perhaps
More clues leading to the result SNUG
- Close-fitting
- Comfy-cozy
- Cozy
- Kind of fit
- Comfortably under a comforter
- Nice and comfortable
- Like happy nestlings
- Hardly baggy
- A little tight
- Warm 'n' cozy
More clues leading to the result LITERAL
- Not exaggerated
- Unembellished
- True to fact
- Like some translations or interpretations
- Reproduced word for word
- Word-for-word
- At face value
- Verbatim
- Like some translations
- Hardly figurative
More clues leading to the result MOORED
- Anchored
- Tied up
- Not free to sail
- Docked
- Buoyed up?
- Tied to the pier
- Parked like a barque
- Secured, as a boat
- Secured at the pier
- Not loose