The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word PRETERITE , but the solution may also be STIFF which is one of the most recent solution (2011 in Wall Street Journal).
Past tense crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PRETERITE | 18 % | 9 |
| RUNNINGAMOK | 9 % | 11 |
| ALLWORKEDUP | 9 % | 11 |
| NERVOUS | 9 % | 7 |
| PRETERIT | 9 % | 8 |
| INAFRAZZLE | 9 % | 10 |
| WAS | 9 % | 3 |
| HYSTERICAL | 9 % | 10 |
| STIFF | 9 % | 5 |
| ATEASE | 9 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Past tense
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- past
- future tense
- simple past
- preterite
- past perfect
- past imperfect tense
- past perfect continuous
- past historic tense
- pluperfect tense
- past continuous
- past participle
- preterite tense
Crossword Answer definitions
PRETERITE noun- (grammar) The preterite tense, simple past tense: the grammatical tense that determines the specific initiation or termination of an action in the past.
- (grammar, of a tense) showing an action at a determined moment in the past.
- Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.
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 PRETERITE
More clues leading to the result RUNNINGAMOK
More clues leading to the result ALLWORKEDUP
More clues leading to the result NERVOUS
- On edge
- ___ Nelly
- Like one afflicted with the added elements in 17-, 24-, 53- and 65-Across?
- Acutely uncertain
- Jumpy.
- Apprehensive.
- Jittery.
- On edge.
- With 19-Across, a worrywart
- Full of butterflies
More clues leading to the result PRETERIT
- Verb tense expressing the past
- Verb form
- Verb tense
- Past tense.
- Signifying past time: Gram.
- Past tense in grammar
- A past tense
- The past tense
- Belonging to the past
More clues leading to the result INAFRAZZLE
More clues leading to the result WAS
- "How Green __ My Valley"
- Existed
- Had been
- Is no longer
- Center of quip
- Has-been
- Third word in a limerick
- Third word in many limericks
- "Fuzzy Wuzzy ___ a bear"
- Is no more
More clues leading to the result HYSTERICAL
More clues leading to the result STIFF
- Unbending
- Body bag contents
- Like a strong drink
- Inflexible
- Harsh, as a penalty
- Starchy
- Leave without paying
- Tip zip
- Far from flexible
- Harsh, as a prison sentence