The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word EVENS which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2022.
Ties up crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EVENS | 26 % | 5 |
| ENLACES | 19 % | 7 |
| TETHERS | 16 % | 7 |
| BINDS | 14 % | 5 |
| MOORS | 7 % | 5 |
| TRUSSES | 5 % | 7 |
| IMPEDES | 5 % | 7 |
| LACES | 5 % | 5 |
| JAMS | 2 % | 4 |
| LASHES | 2 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ties up
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- restrains
- detains
- imprisons
- bound
- tie
- bind
- brace
- contact
- link
- sever
- severing
- tied
Crossword Answer definitions
EVENS noun- (diminutive) An even number.
- To make flat and level.
- To equal.
- To be equal.
- To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits.
- To set right; to complete.
- To act up to; to keep pace with.
- Evening.
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 EVENS
- Balances
- Levels off
- Makes level
- Makes uniform
- Squares
- Ties
- Levels
- Set of every other number
- Smooths
- Half the integers
More clues leading to the result ENLACES
More clues leading to the result TETHERS
- Restrains
- Ties up
- Leashes
- Secures
- Restraints
- Secures to a post, as a horse
- Ties to a post, as a horse
- Ties up, as a horse
- Ties to a stake
- Spot checkers?
More clues leading to the result BINDS
- Tight spots
- Finishes a book
- Holds together
- Sticky situations
- Ties up
- Tough spots
- Pickles
- Jams
- Hogties
- Ties together
More clues leading to the result MOORS
- Invaders of Spain
- Secures firmly, as a boat to a pier
- Anchors
- Othello and his countrymen
- Ties up the boat
- 8th century invaders of Spain
- Drops anchor
- Marshy tracts
- Conquerors of Granada
- Peaty wastelands
More clues leading to the result TRUSSES
- Architectural supports
- Ties that bind
- Bridge supports
- Ties up.
- Bundles of hay or straw.
- 60-lb. bundles of hay.
- Bundles, as of hay or straw.
- Supports
- Ties up
- Binds tightly
More clues leading to the result IMPEDES
- Bars
- Ties up
- Blocks
- Gets in the way of
- Slows down
- Holds back.
- Gets in the way of.
- Blocks.
- Causes a bottleneck
- Stymies
More clues leading to the result LACES
- Corset tighteners
- Shoe closers
- Shoestrings
- They usually are in pairs
- They're tied above tongues
- Velcro alternative
- Loafers' lack
- Corset strings
- Skate securers
- Oxford ties
More clues leading to the result JAMS
- Tight spots
- Rush hour slowdowns
- Good songs, as it were
- Photocopier woes
- Plays with the band
- Spreads on the table
- Pickles or quandaries
- Printer problems
- Photocopier malfunctions
- Highway hassles