The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word OVERREACH which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2015.
Possible strain cause crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OVERREACH | 100 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Possible strain cause
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- stress
- trouble
- troubled
- troubling
- rack
- distress
- percolate
- bear down
- transcolate
- fret
- overstretch
- stressor
Crossword Answer definitions
OVERREACH noun- An act of extending or reaching over, especially if too far or much; overextension.
- Of a horse: an act of striking the heel of a forefoot with the toe of a hindfoot; an injury caused by this action.
- To reach above or beyond, especially to an excessive degree.
- To do something beyond an appropriate limit, or beyond one's ability.
- Of a horse: to strike the heel of a forefoot with the toe of a hindfoot.
- To deceive, to swindle.
- To sail on one tack farther than is necessary.
- To get the better of, especially by artifice or cunning; to outwit.
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