The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STOLE , but the solution may also be STOLEN which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Pinched crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STOLE | 43 % | 5 |
| STOLEN | 13 % | 6 |
| RANIN | 13 % | 5 |
| NEEDY | 9 % | 5 |
| RIPPEDOFF | 9 % | 9 |
| CRIMPED | 4 % | 7 |
| SWIPED | 4 % | 6 |
| TOOK | 4 % | 4 |
Why may STOLEN be the right solution?
"Pinched" is a slang term for "stolen", making "STOLEN" the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pinched
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- emaciated
- gaunt
- haggard
- wasted
- lean
- hard up
- penurious
- skeletal
- poor
- high
- cadaverous
Crossword Answer definitions
STOLE verb- To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.
- (of ideas, words, music, a look, credit, etc.) To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.
- To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
- To acquire at a low price.
- To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.
- To move silently or secretly.
- To convey (something) clandestinely.
- To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.
- To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.
- To dispossess
- To borrow for a short moment.
- An ecclesiastical garment consisting of a decorated band worn on the back of the neck with each end hanging over the chest.
- A scarf-like garment, often made of fur.
- A stolon.
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 STOLE
- Pinched
- Basilica garment
- Pilfered
- Shoulder scarf
- Crept
- Got for free
- Picked up something hot?
- Long fur scarf
- Neckpiece
- Palmed a fur?
More clues leading to the result STOLEN
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 NEEDY
- Impovished
- Soup-kitchen patrons
- Destitute
- Without a sou
- Hard up
- Demanding
- Wanting
- Poverty-stricken
- Dependent
- Eligible for a scholarship, maybe
More clues leading to the result RIPPEDOFF
More clues leading to the result CRIMPED
More clues leading to the result SWIPED
- Lifted
- Speed read, as a card
- Stole
- Scanned, as a credit card
- Ran through a reader
- Made off with
- Plagiarized: Slang.
- Pilfered: Slang.
- Lifted.
- Filched: Slang.