The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ORDEAL which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2021.
Trying time crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ORDEAL | 70 % | 6 |
| CRISIS | 10 % | 6 |
| SIEGE | 10 % | 5 |
| DARKDAY | 10 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Trying time
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- difficult
- hard
- tough
- hardy
- hardened
- hardness
- toughness
- starch
- induration
- hardly
- stout
- stoutly
Crossword Answer definitions
ORDEAL noun- A painful or trying experience.
- A trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accused.
- The poisonous ordeal bean or Calabar bean
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 ORDEAL
- Painful experience
- Fraternity initiation ritual, e.g.
- Difficult task
- Drawn-out battle
- Trier of men's souls
- Trial
- Trying experience
- Tough grind
- No picnic
- Baptism of fire
More clues leading to the result CRISIS
- Turning point
- "You never want a serious ___ to go to waste" (Rahm Emanuel)
- Reason to use a hot line
- Time of need
- Midlife ___
- Emergency
- Precarious situation
- Middle-age event, perhaps
- Do-or-die situation
- Unstable situation
More clues leading to the result SIEGE
- "Under ____" (1992 movie)
- 1863 Vicksburg event
- Act of war
- Blockade
- Leningrad endured one during WWII
- Rides the waves, in a way
- "Dog Day Afternoon" event
- All-out assault
- Battle
- Military strategem