The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WREST which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2022.
Take by force crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WREST | 38 % | 5 |
| USURP | 30 % | 5 |
| SEIZE | 23 % | 5 |
| HIJACK | 7 % | 6 |
| COMMANDEER | 1 % | 10 |
| EXTORT | 1 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Take by force
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- seize
- usurp
- commandeer
- expropriate
- sieze
- confiscate
- steal
- repossess
- hijack
- co opt
- grab
- destroy
Crossword Answer definitions
WREST noun- The act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion.
- A key to tune a stringed instrument.
- Active or motive power.
- Short for saw wrest; a saw set.
- To pull or twist violently.
- To obtain by pulling or violent force.
- To seize.
- To distort, to pervert, to twist.
- To tune with a wrest, or key.
- A partition in a water wheel by which the form of the buckets is determined.
- A metal (formerly wooden) piece of some ploughs attached under the mouldboard (the curved blade that turns over the furrow) for clearing out the furrow; the mouldboard itself.
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 WREST
- Take forcefully
- Take by force
- Pull (from)
- Forcibly take
- Appropriate by force
- Yank away
- Take away
- Take away forcibly
- Seize by force
- Seize forcibly
More clues leading to the result USURP
- Appropriate
- Seize and hold
- Take by force
- Assume by force
- Commandeer
- Seize
- Ignore copyrights
- Stage a hostile takeover
- Preempt
- Seize, as the throne
More clues leading to the result SEIZE
- Take forcibly
- Afflict suddenly
- Grab
- Grasp forcibly
- Capture
- Apprehend
- Appropriate
- Take by force
- Confiscate
- Take control of
More clues leading to the result HIJACK
- Take a ride?
- Take the A train?
- Rob, in a way
- Seize a vehicle in transit
- Seize control of
- Take the plane
- Take by force
- Take by force, as a plane
- Seize by force
- Steal, as cargo