The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TABOO which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2019.
Prohibited crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TABOO | 33 % | 5 |
| TABU | 10 % | 4 |
| FORBADE | 8 % | 7 |
| BARRED | 6 % | 6 |
| ILLICIT | 6 % | 7 |
| FORBAD | 5 % | 6 |
| ILLEGAL | 5 % | 7 |
| OUTOFBOUNDS | 4 % | 11 |
| BANNED | 4 % | 6 |
| VERBOTEN | 3 % | 8 |
| TABOOED | 3 % | 7 |
| ENJOINED | 3 % | 8 |
| CONTRABAND | 1 % | 10 |
| 4BADE | 1 % | 5 |
| NOTOK | 1 % | 5 |
| DEBARRED | 1 % | 8 |
| OFFLIMITS | 1 % | 9 |
| UNLAWFUL | 1 % | 8 |
| VETOED | 1 % | 6 |
| NIXED | 1 % | 5 |
| FORBIDDEN | 1 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Prohibited
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- banned
- forbidden
- impermissible
- taboo
- tabu
- illegal
- out
- proscribed
- disallowed
- off-limits
- inadmissible
- not
Crossword Answer definitions
TABOO noun- An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
- (in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.
- To mark as taboo.
- To ban.
- To avoid.
- Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.
- Culturally forbidden.
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 TABOO
- No-no
- Verboten
- Pretty much any white card in Cards Against Humanity
- Prohibition
- Societal no-no
- Talking about one's sex swing in the office, e.g.
- Nono
- Simply not done
- Forbidden
- Behavioral no-no
More clues leading to the result TABU
- Popular cologne
- Forbidden
- No-no
- Palm Beach eatery
- Absolute no-no
- Forbidden: Var.
- Verboten
- Fragrance
- Prohibition: Var.
- Forbidden (var.)
More clues leading to the result FORBADE
More clues leading to the result BARRED
- Forbidden
- Kept out
- Cell-like
- Like prison windows
- Prohibited
- Like some flags
- Hindered
- Kept away
- Like jail cells
- No-holds-__
More clues leading to the result ILLICIT
- Not permitted
- Forbidden
- Like racketeering
- Like hanky-panky
- Unlawful
- Like gunrunning
- Under-the-table
- Prohibited
- Proscribed
- Unlawful.
More clues leading to the result FORBAD
More clues leading to the result ILLEGAL
- Like a spitball
- Against the rules
- Bootleg
- Against the law
- More than frowned upon
- Outlawed
- Violating the law
- Criminal
- Not kosher
- Kind of alien
More clues leading to the result OUTOFBOUNDS
More clues leading to the result BANNED
- Forbidden
- Prohibited
- Forbidden.
- Censored, in a way.
- Forbade
- Interdicted
- Verboten
- 2 Live Crew "___ in the USA"
- Like smoking on a plane
- Like DDT
More clues leading to the result VERBOTEN
More clues leading to the result TABOOED
More clues leading to the result ENJOINED
More clues leading to the result CONTRABAND
- Bad goods
- Illegally imported goods
- Illegal trade.
- Loot, apparently in opposition to the orchestra.
- Prohibited.
- Hot goods
- Illegally transported goods
- Nicaraguan music makers?
- Smuggled goods
- Drugs, say
More clues leading to the result 4BADE
More clues leading to the result NOTOK
- Seriously verboten
- Very iffy
- Far from fine
- Taboo
- Uncool
- Unacceptable
- Prohibited
- Against the rules
- Far from acceptable
- Improper
More clues leading to the result DEBARRED
More clues leading to the result OFFLIMITS
- Prohibited
- *Like secret military facilities, to civilians
- Out of bounds
- Taboo
- ___ area
- Like Area 51
- *Like topics you shouldn't talk about
- Forbidden
More clues leading to the result UNLAWFUL
More clues leading to the result VETOED
- Killed in the Oval Office
- Turned thumbs down on
- Exercised a presidential power
- Nixed
- Put the kibosh on
- Killed, in a way
- Shot down
- Quashed
- Acted presidential?
- Killed, as a bill
More clues leading to the result NIXED
- Put the kibosh on
- Vetoed
- Removed from the list
- Said no to
- Prohibited
- Cancelled
- Pooh-poohed
- Put the skids on
- Voted down
- Wouldn't go for