The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STERN , but the solution may also be SEVERE which is one of the most recent solution (2013 in Newsday).
Rigorous crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
STERN | 21 % | 5 |
STRICT | 18 % | 6 |
SEVERE | 14 % | 6 |
DRASTIC | 11 % | 7 |
HARSH | 7 % | 5 |
AUSTERE | 7 % | 7 |
STRINGENT | 7 % | 9 |
EXACT | 7 % | 5 |
HARD | 4 % | 4 |
INDEPTH | 4 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Rigorous
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- stringent
- hard
- tight
- demanding
- strict
- exact
- cruel
- brutal
- harsh
- unkind
- stringency
- rigour
Crossword Answer definitions
STERN adjective- Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
- Grim and forbidding in appearance.
- The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel.
- The post of management or direction.
- The hinder part of anything.
- The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.
- A bird, the black tern.
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 STERN
- Isaac or Howard
- Strict
- Violinist Isaac
- Austere
- Imus' rival
- "Private Parts" author
- Exacting
- "Miss America" author
- Author of "Private Parts"
- Like some warnings
More clues leading to the result STRICT
- Unyielding
- Unbending
- Black-and-white
- Like a martinet
- Rigorous
- Unwilling to give makeup exams, say
- Rigid
- Precise
- Following the letter of the law
- Inflexible about rules
More clues leading to the result SEVERE
- Extreme
- Like many reprimands
- Exacting
- Harsh
- Grave
- Draconian
- Dire
- Like some thunderstorms
- Like some winter weather
- in the extreme
More clues leading to the result DRASTIC
- Radical
- Extremely severe
- Severe, as measures
- Severe
- Like some measures
- Dire
- Extreme
- Like emergency measures
- Rigorous.
- Extreme.
More clues leading to the result HARSH
- Severe
- Draconian
- Like many realities
- Abrasive
- Difficult on the ears
- Unduly severe
- Strict or stark
- Grating to the ear
- Far from lenient
- Unpleasantly severe
More clues leading to the result AUSTERE
- Astringent
- Self-disciplined
- Hardly lavish
- Strait-laced
- Forbidding
- Spartan
- Like Spartan living
- Stark
- Unadorned
- Like monastic life
More clues leading to the result STRINGENT
More clues leading to the result EXACT
- Force, as a payment
- Letter-perfect
- Precise
- Not even a little off
- Right on
- Right on target
- Strict
- On the button
- To the nanosecond
- Accurate to a T
More clues leading to the result HARD
- No picnic
- Unyielding
- Like a Friday crossword
- Ready to get down, in a way
- Posing a challenge
- Nearly unsolvable
- Stony
- Demanding
- Like most themeless puzzles
- 10 on the Mohs scale