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 Chronicle of Higher Education in 2017.
Stretched to the limit crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TAUT | 42 % | 4 |
| TENSEST | 25 % | 7 |
| STRAINED | 17 % | 8 |
| TAUTEST | 17 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Stretched to the limit
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- strained
- stressed
- taxed
- tense
- tensing
- intend
- strict
- taut
- wire
- tort
- tension
- tight
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 TENSEST
- Highly strung
- Most uptight
- Most on edge
- Most likely to snap, say
- Most likely to crack
- Least relaxed
- Most tight
- Stretched to the limit
- Most likely to snap
- Most volatile
More clues leading to the result STRAINED
- Stretched to the limit
- Emulated Sisyphus, in a way
- Like some relations
- Applied elbow grease
- Tense, as relations
- Hardly harmonious
- Prepared baby food
- Like much baby food
- Filtered.
- Tense.