The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STERN which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2022.
Strict crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STERN | 48 % | 5 |
| RIGID | 11 % | 5 |
| EXACT | 11 % | 5 |
| SEVERE | 5 % | 6 |
| LITERAL | 5 % | 7 |
| STRAITLACED | 5 % | 11 |
| ONTIME | 2 % | 6 |
| PURITANIC | 2 % | 9 |
| AUSTERE | 2 % | 7 |
| HARDANDFAST | 2 % | 11 |
| HARSH | 2 % | 5 |
| EXACTING | 2 % | 8 |
| STRINGENT | 2 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Strict
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- demanding
- severe
- hard-and-fast
- rigid
- stern
- rigorous
- exacting
- spartan
- exact
- invariable
- intolerant
- unpermissive
Crossword Answer definitions
STERN adjective- Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
- Grim and forbidding in appearance.
- The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel.
- The post of management or direction.
- The hinder part of anything.
- The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.
- A bird, the black tern.
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 STERN
- Isaac or Howard
- Strict
- Violinist Isaac
- Austere
- Imus' rival
- "Private Parts" author
- Exacting
- "Miss America" author
- Author of "Private Parts"
- Like some warnings
More clues leading to the result RIGID
- Hard-set
- Stiff
- Unyielding
- Inelastic
- Unbending
- Exacting, as an examination
- Inflexible
- Not relaxed
- Like a hard-liner
- Ironclad
More clues leading to the result EXACT
- Force, as a payment
- Letter-perfect
- Precise
- Not even a little off
- Right on
- Right on target
- Strict
- On the button
- To the nanosecond
- Accurate to a T
More clues leading to the result SEVERE
- Extreme
- Like many reprimands
- Exacting
- Harsh
- Grave
- Draconian
- Dire
- Like some thunderstorms
- Like some winter weather
- in the extreme
More clues leading to the result LITERAL
- Not exaggerated
- Unembellished
- True to fact
- Like some translations or interpretations
- Reproduced word for word
- Word-for-word
- At face value
- Verbatim
- Like some translations
- Hardly figurative
More clues leading to the result STRAITLACED
- Like weed "enhanced" by the singer of "All My Ex's Live in Texas"?
- Morally strict
- Strict
- Prim.
- Like a bluenose.
- Prudish.
- Prudish
- Excessively strict
- Priggish
- Very conservative
More clues leading to the result ONTIME
- Prompt
- Punctual
- Strict
- Airport-board words
- Not late
- According to schedule
- Arrivals board announcement
- Not late or early
- Way to pay
- As scheduled
More clues leading to the result PURITANIC
More clues leading to the result AUSTERE
- Astringent
- Self-disciplined
- Hardly lavish
- Strait-laced
- Forbidding
- Spartan
- Like Spartan living
- Stark
- Unadorned
- Like monastic life
More clues leading to the result HARDANDFAST
- Stringently enforced
- *Inviolable, as rules
- Inviolable, as a rule
- Inviolable
- Unalterable, as rules
- Strict.
- Invariable.
- Rigidly binding
- Binding, as a contract
- Stringently enforced, as a rule
More clues leading to the result HARSH
- Severe
- Draconian
- Like many realities
- Abrasive
- Difficult on the ears
- Unduly severe
- Strict or stark
- Grating to the ear
- Far from lenient
- Unpleasantly severe