The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word GRIP which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2019.
Tight hold crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GRIP | 57 % | 4 |
| BITE | 14 % | 4 |
| BEARHUG | 14 % | 7 |
| IRONGRIP | 14 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tight hold
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- grip
- clench
- grasp
- clutches
- clasp
- vice
- griff
- grasping
- gripper
- clutch
- clutching
- crusade
Crossword Answer definitions
GRIP verb- To take hold of, particularly with the hand.
- To help or assist, particularly in an emotional sense.
- To do something with another that makes you happy/gives you relief.
- To trench; to drain.
- A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
- A handle or other place to grip.
- A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
- (film production) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
- A channel cut through a grass verge (especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway).
- A lot of something.
- A long time.
- A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
- An apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
- Assistance; help or encouragement.
- A helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring person.
- As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
- A tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
- A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
- Influenza, the flu.
- A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
- The griffin.
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 GRIP
- Film-crew assistant
- Stagehand
- Knife handle
- Part of a golf club
- Handjob technique concern
- Golfer's concern
- Clutch
- Lose one's __ on reality
- Racquet feature
- Hold firmly
More clues leading to the result BITE
- Insect sting
- Letter-carrier's occupational hazard
- Quick meal
- __ the dust (be defeated)
- Mark of Dracula
- Put some teeth into
- Sharpness
- Chomp
- Sound __ (brief broadcast)
- Take the bait
More clues leading to the result BEARHUG
- Warm embrace that each of the starred clues is wrapped in
- Not so subtle sign of affection
- Coach Bryant's embrace?
- Strong embrace
- Wrestler's maneuver
- Greeter's squeeze
- Show of affection
- Hearty greeting
- Wrestling hold
- Tight squeeze?