The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ABATE , but the solution may also be LETUP which is one of the most recent solution (2016 in LA Times).
Slacken crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ABATE | 24 % | 5 |
| EASE | 24 % | 4 |
| LETUP | 17 % | 5 |
| RELAX | 9 % | 5 |
| EBB | 7 % | 3 |
| RELENT | 6 % | 6 |
| EASEUP | 6 % | 6 |
| REMIT | 5 % | 5 |
| EASEOFF | 2 % | 7 |
| LOOSEN | 1 % | 6 |
| LAG | 1 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Slacken
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- slow up
- slow down
- slack
- slow
- remit
- slack up
- letup
- lessen
- abate
- decrease
- diminish
- reduce
Crossword Answer definitions
ABATE noun- Abatement.
- (obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease.
- To become null and void.
- To nullify; make void.
- To humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally.
- To be humbled; to be brought down physically or mentally.
- To curtail; to deprive.
- To reduce in amount, size, or value.
- To decrease in size, value, or amount.
- To moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside.
- To decrease in intensity or force; to subside.
- To deduct or omit.
- To bar or except.
- To cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.
- To dull the edge or point of; to blunt.
- To destroy, or level to the ground.
- To enter a tenement without permission after the owner has died and before the heir takes possession.
- An Italian abbot, or other member of the clergy.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result ABATE
More clues leading to the result EASE
More clues leading to the result LETUP
More clues leading to the result RELAX
- Take it easy
- Chill out
- Take five
- Unwind
- "Take a chill pill!"
- Stop working
- "Calm down!"
- Kick back
- Something to do on sabbatical
- Hang loose
More clues leading to the result EBB
More clues leading to the result RELENT
More clues leading to the result EASEUP
- "Leave me alone!"
- Pull back a bit
- Lower the intensity
- Become moderate
- Put the brakes on
- Slack off
- Show a little mercy
- Slacken
- Relax
- Abate
More clues leading to the result REMIT
More clues leading to the result EASEOFF
More clues leading to the result LOOSEN
- Ease
- Let out a bit
- Untie
- Give some slack
- Relax
- Untie or bend
- Aerate, as soil
- Relax, with "up"
- Relax, as regulations
- Ease up