The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word IRONS , but the solution may also be FETTERS which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in Wall Street Journal).
Shackles crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| IRONS | 61 % | 5 |
| FETTERS | 16 % | 7 |
| CHAINS | 8 % | 6 |
| PINIONS | 5 % | 7 |
| GYVES | 5 % | 5 |
| ENSLAVES | 3 % | 8 |
| TRAMMELS | 3 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shackles
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fetter
- trammel
- hamper
- pinion
- bond
- trammels
- barriers
- bonds
- bracelets
- broadcasters
- chains
- channels
Crossword Answer definitions
IRONS noun- A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.
- A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.
- Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.
- A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.
- (usually plural, irons) Shackles.
- A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.
- A dark shade of the colour/color silver.
- (shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof; countable) A male homosexual.
- A golf club used for middle-distance shots.
- Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material.
- Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.
- A safety curtain in a theatre.
- Dumb bombs, those without guidance systems.
- To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.
- To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
- To furnish or arm with iron.
- Shackles
- A lack of forward motion.
- The stirrups.
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 IRONS
- Caddie's bagful
- Tiger Woods's bagful
- Palmer's bagful
- Presses
- Fairway clubs
- Shackles
- Caddie's handful
- Mashie and niblick
- Golfer's set
- Does pressing work
More clues leading to the result FETTERS
More clues leading to the result CHAINS
- Shackles
- Metal shackles
- Fast food franchises, e.g.
- Winter driving aids
- Parts of leg irons
- Bondage
- Fetters.
- Networks.
- Bondage.
- Wal-Mart and Walgreens
More clues leading to the result PINIONS
- Wings
- Gears often on racks
- Immobilizes
- Wing feathers.
- Shackles
- Steering system components
- Gears designed to mesh with a larger wheel
More clues leading to the result GYVES
More clues leading to the result ENSLAVES
- Dominates
- Forces to work
- Keeps in thrall
- Shackles
- Opposite of "liberates"
- Puts in bondage.
- Subjugates
- Fetters
- Indentures
- Unemancipates