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 |
| ILLICIT | 6 % | 7 |
| BARRED | 6 % | 6 |
| FORBAD | 5 % | 6 |
| ILLEGAL | 5 % | 7 |
| BANNED | 4 % | 6 |
| OUTOFBOUNDS | 4 % | 11 |
| TABOOED | 3 % | 7 |
| ENJOINED | 3 % | 8 |
| VERBOTEN | 3 % | 8 |
| OFFLIMITS | 1 % | 9 |
| DEBARRED | 1 % | 8 |
| UNLAWFUL | 1 % | 8 |
| NIXED | 1 % | 5 |
| VETOED | 1 % | 6 |
| FORBIDDEN | 1 % | 9 |
| 4BADE | 1 % | 5 |
| CONTRABAND | 1 % | 10 |
| NOTOK | 1 % | 5 |
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 ILLICIT
- Not permitted
- Forbidden
- Like racketeering
- Like hanky-panky
- Unlawful
- Like gunrunning
- Under-the-table
- Prohibited
- Proscribed
- Unlawful.
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 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 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 OUTOFBOUNDS
More clues leading to the result TABOOED
More clues leading to the result ENJOINED
More clues leading to the result VERBOTEN
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 DEBARRED
More clues leading to the result UNLAWFUL
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
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 FORBIDDEN
More clues leading to the result 4BADE
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