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 |
| INAFRAZZLE | 9 % | 10 |
| WAS | 9 % | 3 |
| HYSTERICAL | 9 % | 10 |
| STIFF | 9 % | 5 |
| ATEASE | 9 % | 6 |
| RUNNINGAMOK | 9 % | 11 |
| ALLWORKEDUP | 9 % | 11 |
| NERVOUS | 9 % | 7 |
| PRETERIT | 9 % | 8 |
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 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
More clues leading to the result ATEASE
- Drill instructor's command
- Drill-sergeant's command
- Drill instructor's directive
- Relaxing
- Relaxed
- "Relax, soldiers!"
- Drill sergeant directive
- Standing order?
- "Relax, private!"
- "Relax, dogface!"
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