The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word GAG , but the solution may also be QUELL which is one of the most recent solution (2014 in LA Times).
Stifle crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GAG | 23 % | 3 |
| DAMP | 14 % | 4 |
| SMOTHER | 14 % | 7 |
| CHOKE | 9 % | 5 |
| SHUTUP | 9 % | 6 |
| REPRESS | 9 % | 7 |
| SQUASH | 5 % | 6 |
| SHH | 5 % | 3 |
| SUFFOCATE | 5 % | 9 |
| QUELL | 5 % | 5 |
| CANIT | 5 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Stifle
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- smother
- dampen
- muffle
- knee
- suffocate
- strangle
- choke
- gag
- extinguish
- crush
- squeeze
- kill
Crossword Answer definitions
GAG noun- A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.
- An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject.
- A joke or other mischievous prank.
- A device or trick used to create a practical effect; a gimmick
- A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.
- A mouthful that makes one retch or choke.
- Mycteroperca microlepis, a species of grouper.
- To experience the vomiting reflex.
- To cause to heave with nausea.
- To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.
- To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
- To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.
- To choke; to retch.
- To deceive (someone); to con.
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 GAG
- "__ me with a spoon!"
- April Fools' Day doing
- Choke
- React to a stench, perhaps
- Joke
- React to a tongue depressor
- Prop in 51-Across
- S&M prop
- ---
- Have a tough time swallowing?
More clues leading to the result DAMP
- Cut off air to a fire
- Like April, often
- Like many a cellar
- Moist
- Slightly moist
- Like mildew's milieu
- Not quite dry
- Like some crawl spaces
- A bit wet
- Like gym socks, often
More clues leading to the result SMOTHER
- Cover thickly
- Top thickly
- Pay way too much attention to
- Put out a fire, one way
- Overwhelm
- Cover thickly, as with onions
- Cover completely
- Extinguish, as coals
- Cover thickly, as with mushrooms
- Suffocate
More clues leading to the result CHOKE
- Auto mechanism
- Lose one's nerve
- Collapse under pressure
- Blow a best-of-seven series after being up three games, e.g.
- Air-supply valve
- Throttle
- Reduce the air intake
- Carburetor regulating device
- Lose due to nervousness
- Antiquated auto control
More clues leading to the result SHUTUP
- Put a cork in it!
- "Pipe down!"
- Button your lip!
- "Close yer face!"
- "Not another word out of you!"
- "Close your trap!"
- "Can it!"
- "Zip your lip!"
- "Zip it!"
- Restraining order?
More clues leading to the result REPRESS
- Block parties when you were completely wasted, say
- Hold back
- Stifle
- Keep in, as feelings
- Keep in check
- Hold back.
- Overpower.
- Quell.
- Hold down.
- Hold in check.
More clues leading to the result SQUASH
- Stifle
- Cocozelle
- Court pursuit
- Pumpkin kin
- Game invented at Harrow School around 1830
- Suppress
- Punish mercilessly
- Ratatouille ingredient
- Beat into a pulp.
- Game.
More clues leading to the result SHH
- "Can it!"
- "Put a sock on it!"
- "Keep it down"
- Quieting sound
- "Pipe down or they'll find us!"
- Response to a text alert in the movie theater
- Command in a library
- Librarian's admonition
- "Keep it down!"
- "I don't want to hear it!"
More clues leading to the result SUFFOCATE
More clues leading to the result QUELL
- Suppress
- Head off
- Pacify
- Put down forcefully
- Put down forcibly
- Put down
- Extinguish
- Stifle
- Put down, as a riot
- Suppress, as a revolt