The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CLOSE , but the solution may also be SNEAKY which is one of the most recent solution (2009 in CrossSynergy).
Secretive crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CLOSE | 40 % | 5 |
| COY | 20 % | 3 |
| CLOAKANDDAGGER | 20 % | 14 |
| SNEAKY | 20 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Secretive
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- tightlipped
- close
- closemouthed
- uncommunicative
- incommunicative
- closelipped
- secrecy
- clandestine
- secret
- covert
- confidentiality
- confidential
Crossword Answer definitions
CLOSE noun- An end or conclusion.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- A grapple in wrestling.
- The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- A double bar marking the end.
- (travel) The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
- (physical) To remove a gap.
- (social) To finish, to terminate.
- To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
- To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- (chiefly Yorkshire) An enclosed field.
- (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
- A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- The common staircase in a tenement.
- A cathedral close.
- The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed.
- Closed, shut.
- Narrow; confined.
- At a little distance; near.
- Intimate; well-loved.
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- (Ireland, England, Scotland) Hot, humid, with no wind.
- (of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.
- Short.
- Dense; solid; compact.
- Concise; to the point.
- Difficult to obtain.
- Parsimonious; stingy.
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.
- Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.
- Marked, evident.
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 CLOSE
- "__, but no cigar!"
- Go under
- Lacking fresh air
- Anybody's game
- "That's the right idea"
- Hard to call
- Seal the deal
- __ shave
- No cigar?
- Needing a recount
More clues leading to the result COY
- Affectedly shy
- Quaintly shy
- Playing hard to get
- Playfully innocent
- Demure
- Far from forward
- Shy
- Flirtatiously shy
- Hard to pin down
- Affectedly demure
More clues leading to the result CLOAKANDDAGGER
- 1946 Gary Cooper movie
- Like the spy biz
- Like undercover operations
- Like espionage operations
- Intriguing?
- Secretive
- Novel genre
- Secretive, as espionage
- Type of melodrama.
- Engaged in intrigue.