The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SMOTHERS , but the solution may also be GAGS which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in LA Times).
Stifles crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SMOTHERS | 25 % | 8 |
| CHOKES | 25 % | 6 |
| GAGS | 25 % | 4 |
| DAMPS | 25 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Stifles
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- smother
- dampen
- muffle
- knee
- hampers
- hinders
- inhibits
- oppresses
- punishes
- represses
- strangles
- suppresses
Crossword Answer definitions
SMOTHERS verb- To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
- To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
- To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
- In cookery: to cook in a close dish.
- To daub or smear.
- To be suffocated.
- To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like.
- (of a fire) to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.
- To perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
- To get in the way of a kick of the ball.
- To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away.
- That which smothers or appears to smother, particularly
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 SMOTHERS
- Tom or Dick, but not Harry
- Brothers who popularized "Mom always liked you best!"
- Suffocates
- Takes one's breath away?
- Suppresses
- Stifles
- Covers over thickly, as with onions.
- TV name.
- Well-known brothers.
- Entertainer Tom or Dick
More clues leading to the result CHOKES
- Gags
- Has trouble breathing
- Fails under pressure
- Garottes
- Fails in the clutch
- Stifles.
- Suppresses
- Forgets one's lines, e.g.
- Is overcome with emotion, with "up"
- Buys the farm
More clues leading to the result GAGS
- Stand-up arsenal
- Feigns disgust
- Practical jokes
- Comedy routines
- Novelty-shop merch
- Comic's stock in trade
- Pie in the face, etc.
- Comedian's repertoire
- Jackie the Joke Man's arsenal
- Running jokes