The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PENT , but the solution may also be ENCLOSED which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Wall Street Journal).
Shut in crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PENT | 66 % | 4 |
| PEN | 8 % | 3 |
| HEM | 5 % | 3 |
| COOPUP | 5 % | 6 |
| EMBAR | 5 % | 5 |
| CLOSET | 3 % | 6 |
| ENCLOSED | 3 % | 8 |
| CLOSETED | 3 % | 8 |
| EMBAY | 3 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shut in
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- inclose
- enclose
- shut
- shut up
- shut away
- shut off
- beshut
- shut down
- closet
- beclose
- incarcerate
- reclude
Crossword Answer definitions
PENT verb- To enclose in a pen.
- Confinement; concealment.
- Confined in a pen, imprisoned.
- A pentatonic scale.
- A pentacle or pentagram.
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 PENT
- Shut in
- Cooped (up)
- Cooped up
- Shut up
- Bottled (up)
- Confined
- Closely confined
- Locked (up)
- Boxed in
- Confined, with "up"
More clues leading to the result PEN
- Compose
- Escritoire item
- Parker product
- Shirt-pocket stainer
- Sty
- Hoosegow
- Place to warm up
- Waterman or Parker
- Author's need
- Corral
More clues leading to the result HEM
- Shorten
- Stitch
- Finished edge
- Haw's partner
- Line of fashion
- Shorten, in a way
- Border on a piece of cloth
- Clothes line
- Designer's bottom line
- End of the A-line?
More clues leading to the result COOPUP
More clues leading to the result EMBAR
- Fasten in
- Throw the bull
- Put in prison
- Imprison, in a way
- Cage in
- Incarcerate
- Stop legally
- Put in a pen, maybe
- Hinder
- Imprison
More clues leading to the result CLOSET
- Hideaway for a skeleton
- Hanger hangar?
- Broom repository
- Skeleton's whereabouts?
- Hanger site
- Murphy bed's place
- You can unload your hang-ups here
- Skeleton's place?
- Storage place
- It may be walk-in
More clues leading to the result ENCLOSED
- Surrounded
- "__ please find . . ."
- Like a packing list
- Like SASEs
- Placed in an envelope
- In the envelope
- Hemmed in.
- Fenced in.
- Contained.
- Like a courtyard