The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MUTED , but the solution may also be EASED which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in New York Times).
Softened crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MUTED | 25 % | 5 |
| EASED | 20 % | 5 |
| TAMED | 15 % | 5 |
| MELTED | 15 % | 6 |
| RELENTED | 15 % | 8 |
| TONED | 5 % | 5 |
| TONEDDOWN | 5 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Softened
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- soft
- muffled
- muted
- dull
- diffused
- modulated
- relaxed
- mitigating
- lenient
- relieved
- tempered
- mitigated
Crossword Answer definitions
MUTED verb- To silence, to make quiet.
- To turn off the sound of.
- Of a bird: to defecate.
- To cast off; to moult.
- Not expressed strongly or openly.
- (of a sound) Quiet or soft.
- (of color) Subdued.
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 MUTED
- Toned down
- Subtle
- Muffled
- Far from flamboyant
- Made silent
- Softened
- Subdued
- Silenced
- Squelched the audio
- Like a subdued trumpet
More clues leading to the result EASED
- Abated
- Alleviated
- Buffered
- Let up
- Reduced, as tensions
- Facilitated
- Lessened
- Loosened
- Made bearable
- Made comfortable
More clues leading to the result TAMED
- Busted, as a bronco
- Domesticated
- Civilized
- Toned down
- Broke, in a way
- Broken
- Subdued
- Broken, as a bronc
- Brought to heel
- Calmed down
More clues leading to the result MELTED
- Vanished gradually
- Like hot butter
- Softened
- Thawed
- Took a little heat
- Like cheddar in a grilled cheese
- Changed states?
- Lost resolve
- Like sugar on coffeecake
- Softened by love
More clues leading to the result RELENTED
- Gave in
- Yielded
- Became less severe
- Grew less severe
- Let up
- Abated.
- Felt compassion.
- Gave in.
- Softened
- Became forgiving
More clues leading to the result TONED
- Gave inflection to
- __ down (softened)
- ___ down (softened)
- Like one who's done lots of cleaning and pressing?
- Added muscle, with "up"
- Athletic
- In great shape
- Rippling with muscles
- Got fit, with "up"
- ___ up (got into shape)