The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RECEDED which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2012.
Pulled back crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RECEDED | 56 % | 7 |
| EASED | 22 % | 5 |
| DREW | 11 % | 4 |
| RETREATED | 11 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pulled back
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- pull back
- pull away
- draw back
- pulling out
- pull out
- retracted
- pull down
- held back
- pull on
- pulls
- pull through
- pull up
Crossword Answer definitions
RECEDED verb- To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
- To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor.
- To take back.
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 RECEDED
- Became more distant
- Drew back
- Moved, like many hairlines
- Withdrew
- Lost ground
- Went lower
- Flowed back
- Moved back
- Ebbed
- Lost ground.
More clues leading to the result EASED
- Abated
- Alleviated
- Buffered
- Let up
- Reduced, as tensions
- Facilitated
- Lessened
- Loosened
- Made bearable
- Made comfortable
More clues leading to the result DREW
- A Barrymore
- Comical Carey
- Sketched
- Prepared to shoot
- Flashlight-toting sleuth
- Literary detective Nancy
- Comic Carey
- Charles ___, inventor of the blood bank
- Picked from the stack of cards
- One of the Barrymores