The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word EDGY , but the solution may also be ONEDGE which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Wall Street Journal).
Tense crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EDGY | 39 % | 4 |
| TAUT | 23 % | 4 |
| ONEDGE | 19 % | 6 |
| PAST | 5 % | 4 |
| UPTIGHT | 4 % | 7 |
| KEYEDUP | 1 % | 7 |
| WIRED | 1 % | 5 |
| PASTPERFECT | 1 % | 11 |
| RAPT | 1 % | 4 |
| HIGHSTRUNG | 1 % | 10 |
| STIFFEN | 1 % | 7 |
| RIGID | 1 % | 5 |
| WOUNDUP | 1 % | 7 |
| FUTURE | 1 % | 6 |
| TAUTEN | 1 % | 6 |
| NAILBITING | 1 % | 10 |
| STRAINED | 1 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tense
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- uptight
- tight
- suspenseful
- taut
- suspensive
- tense up
- strain
- strained
- pumped up
- wired
- overstrung
- restive
Crossword Answer definitions
EDGY adjective- Nervous, apprehensive.
- (entertainment) Creatively challenging; cutting edge; leading edge.
- (entertainment) On the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; risqué.
- Irritable.
- Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
- (of a knife or blade) Sharp.
- Cool by virtue of being tough, dark, or badass.
- Exhibiting behavior that is disconcerting or alarming, sometimes in an effort to impress or to troll others.
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 EDGY
- Wired
- Tense
- Like indie crosswords (we hope)
- Like much prestige television
- Pacing, perhaps
- All wound up
- Innovative and daring
- Like challenging art
- Likely to snap
- Risk-taking
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 ONEDGE
- Tense
- Irritable
- Very nervous
- Not heads or tails
- Liable to blow up
- Really anxious
- Unable to relax
- Uptight
- Tense or impatient
- Jittery
More clues leading to the result PAST
- History
- Time gone by
- Over and done with
- Over and done
- Checkered thing, maybe
- Days of yore
- Gone by
- "Back to the Future" setting
- "Peggy Sue Got Married" setting
- Ago
More clues leading to the result UPTIGHT
- Tense
- Jittery
- Rigidly conventional
- Unable to relax
- Overly conventional, in slang
- Hardly laid-back
- Antsy
- In need of a chill pill
- Not loose
- Edgy
More clues leading to the result KEYEDUP
More clues leading to the result WIRED
- Pumped up
- Fitted with bugs
- Perhaps too edgy
- Overcaffeinated
- Technophile's magazine
- Did an electrician's job
- Full of excitement
- Like some undercover cops
- Jittery from coffee, say
- Edgy
More clues leading to the result PASTPERFECT
More clues leading to the result RAPT
- Engrossed
- Spellbound
- Absorbed
- Deeply absorbed
- All ears
- Enchanted
- Moonstruck
- Spell bound.
- Attentive and then some
- Taken away, mentally
More clues leading to the result HIGHSTRUNG
More clues leading to the result STIFFEN
- Brace oneself
- Become rigid
- Tighten up
- React to an insult, maybe
- Use starch
- Add starch to
- Jell.
- Tense.
- Add starch
- Become less flexible
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 WOUNDUP
More clues leading to the result FUTURE
- What's down the road
- Present follower
- Coming
- Grammatical tense
- Word in an oxymoronic Michael J. Fox movie title
- "The Once and __ King"
- Sci-fi destination
- Upcoming
- The by-and-by.
- What will happen.
More clues leading to the result TAUTEN
- Take up the slack
- Give less slack
- Get tight
- Draw tight
- Free of slack
- Get more rigid
- Tense up
- Make tense
- Remove slack from
- Tense up, as muscles