The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TAUT which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2015.
Stretched crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TAUT | 50 % | 4 |
| CRANED | 25 % | 6 |
| EKED | 10 % | 4 |
| FUDGED | 5 % | 6 |
| RAN | 5 % | 3 |
| ELONGATE | 5 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Stretched
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- extended
- flexible
- flexile
- stretched out
- broad
- broadened
- burdened
- cold-drawn
- constrained
- drawn
- eked
- elongate
Crossword Answer definitions
TAUT verb- To make taut; to tauten, to tighten.
- Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight.
- (of a body, muscles, etc.) Not flabby; firm, toned; (of a person) having a lean, strong body.
- (of music, writing, etc.) Containing only relevant parts; brief and controlled.
- Experiencing anxiety or stress.
- (of a sailor, a ship, etc.) Neat and well-disciplined; (by extension) efficient and in order.
- Strong; uncompromising.
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 TAUT
- Sans slack
- Lacking slack
- Like a bowstring
- Like a trampoline's surface
- Stretched
- Unyielding
- Far from slack
- Gripping
- Having no slack
- Strung with tension
More clues leading to the result CRANED
- Stretched one's neck
- Tried to get a better look
- Did some rubbernecking
- Stuck one's neck out
- Stretched to get a peep
- Stretched, as one's neck
- Turned the neck
- Stretched
- Rubbernecked
- Stretched, perhaps
More clues leading to the result EKED
- Barely managed
- Supplemented, with "out"
- Worked out, with great effort
- Just squeaked by
- Managed to squeeze out
- Scratched out a living
- Got with great effort
- Barely made, with "out"
- Barely made (out)
- Scraped by
More clues leading to the result FUDGED
More clues leading to the result RAN
- Campaigned
- Operated
- Sought office
- Competed
- Did a 5K
- High-tailed it
- Managed
- Took to one's heels
- Turned tail
- __ through (rehearsed)