The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BANS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2020.
Prohibits crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BANS | 72 % | 4 |
| DEBARS | 9 % | 6 |
| BARS | 9 % | 4 |
| VETOES | 3 % | 6 |
| STOPS | 1 % | 5 |
| EMBARS | 1 % | 6 |
| NIXES | 1 % | 5 |
| ESTOPS | 1 % | 6 |
| ENJOINS | 1 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Prohibits
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- veto
- proscribe
- forbid
- disallow
- interdict
- ban
- banned
- banning
- bans
- bars
- condemns
- criminalizes
Crossword Answer definitions
BANS noun- Prohibition.
- A public proclamation or edict; a summons by public proclamation. Chiefly, in early use, a summons to arms.
- The gathering of the (French) king's vassals for war; the whole body of vassals so assembled, or liable to be summoned; originally, the same as arrière-ban: in the 16th c., French usage created a distinction between ban and arrière-ban, for which see the latter word.
- A curse or anathema.
- A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.
- To summon; to call out.
- To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban.
- To curse; to execrate.
- To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
- To curse; to utter curses or maledictions.
- A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit.
- A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.
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 BANS
- Outlaws
- Forbids
- Injunctions
- Disallows
- Blackballs
- Blacks out
- Kicks off a message board, say
- Proscribes
- See 48-Down
- Prohibitions
More clues leading to the result DEBARS
- Shuts out
- Excludes
- Excludes or prohibits
- Locks out
- Prohibits..
- Excludes.
- Prohibits.
- Hinders.
- Prohibits
- Interdicts
More clues leading to the result BARS
- Prevents
- Restrains
- Barricades
- Forbids
- Locks out
- Stars and __ (Confederate flag)
- Behind ___ (incarcerated)
- Crawl locations
- Measures on a staff
- What lushes hop?
More clues leading to the result VETOES
- Kills bills
- Puts a stop to
- White House noes
- Nixes
- Kills, in government
- Presidential rejections
- Kills, as bills
- Nixes from Nixon, say
- Executive rejections
- Rejections
More clues leading to the result STOPS
- Organ parts
- Cuts out
- Organ settings
- Prepares to frisk, say
- Pulls over
- Puts an end to
- Eggspires
- Quits
- Train schedule towns
- Wards off
More clues leading to the result EMBARS
More clues leading to the result NIXES
- Gives the thumbs-down to
- Cancels
- Rejects
- Puts the kibosh on
- Says no to
- Turns thumbs down on
- Just says no to
- Vetoes
- Turns down
- Gives a thumbs-down
More clues leading to the result ESTOPS
- Prevents, legally
- Bars
- Bars at the bar
- Bars, in law
- Ends at the bar
- Holds up at the bar
- Holds up in court?
- Legally impedes
- Prevents, legally speaking
- Bars in court