The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word LIMITS , but the solution may also be STEMS which is one of the most recent solution (2013 in LA Times).
Restricts crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LIMITS | 40 % | 6 |
| STINTS | 20 % | 6 |
| HEMS | 10 % | 4 |
| HEMSIN | 10 % | 6 |
| STEMS | 10 % | 5 |
| BINDS | 10 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Restricts
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- restrain
- limit
- confine
- curtail
- cut back
- trammel
- bound
- qualify
- curb
- throttle
- boils
- borderline
Crossword Answer definitions
LIMITS noun- A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
- A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).
- Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
- The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
- Fixed limit.
- The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
- The space or thing defined by limits.
- That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
- A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.
- A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.
- The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.
- (as "the limit") A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc.
- To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
- To have a limit in a particular set.
- To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.
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 LIMITS
- Puts a cap on
- Restricts
- Boundaries
- Poker maximums
- Restrictions
- Highway postings
- Caps
- Vegas table postings
- "The Outer __" ('60s sci-fi show)
- Confines.
More clues leading to the result STINTS
- Stretches
- Work shifts
- Is frugal
- Work periods
- Acts frugally
- Tours of duty
- Stretches on the job
- Periods of duty
- Tenures
- Pinches pennies
More clues leading to the result HEMS
- Does some alterations
- Garment edges
- Shortens
- __ in (surrounds)
- Finishes a skirt
- Partner of 61-Across
- Confines, with "in"
- Is unable to make a decision
- Surrounds, with "in"
- Bottom lines?
More clues leading to the result HEMSIN
- Restricts
- Completely surrounds
- Cuts off from escape
- Corners
- Surrounds
- Confines
- Traps
- Leaves without wiggle room
More clues leading to the result STEMS
- Meerschaum parts
- Holds back
- Wineglass features
- Pipe parts
- Flower holders?
- Applies a tourniquet
- Makes headway against
- Rose supporters
- Goblet elements
- Flower holders