The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SPRAIN which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2012.
Wrench crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SPRAIN | 33 % | 6 |
| TEAR | 17 % | 4 |
| TOOL | 13 % | 4 |
| SPANNER | 13 % | 7 |
| WREST | 8 % | 5 |
| TWIST | 4 % | 5 |
| TUG | 4 % | 3 |
| CONTORT | 4 % | 7 |
| TURN | 4 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Wrench
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- wrick
- pull
- twist
- sprain
- wring
- turn
- spanner
- rick
- pinch
- knob
- pincer
- curly
Crossword Answer definitions
SPRAIN noun- The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining
- To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation
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 SPRAIN
- Ankle malady
- Unwanted twist
- Jock's setback
- Ankle woe
- Pain's apt rhyme
- Joint injury
- Ankle injury
- Ankle injury, perhaps
- Ankle mishap
- Ankle-swelling cause
More clues leading to the result TEAR
- Eye drop
- Kind of gas
- Sorrowful drop
- Certain drop
- Eyedrop?
- Pull apart
- React to onion-slicing
- Rip apart
- Speed
- Dotted-line instruction
More clues leading to the result TOOL
- Cat's-paw
- Fixer's kit
- Handyman's necessity
- Implement
- Router, for one
- Means to an end
- Tim Allen need
- Drive (around)
- Gimlet, for one
- Gimlet or screwdriver
More clues leading to the result SPANNER
- Kind of wrench
- Car-spangled __ (crowded bridge?)
- Wrench
- Brit's wrench
- British monkey wrench.
- Tool for turning nuts.
- Wrench.
- Type of wrench
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 TWIST
- Checkers' move?
- Dickens' Oliver
- Spoilable plot point
- Something that makes it hard to get your story straight?
- Rotary motion
- Soft-serve option
- Checker move?
- Unexpected turn
- 1960's dance
- Cocktail garnish
More clues leading to the result TUG
- Harbor vessel
- Harbor sight
- Pull (on)
- Small tower
- Harbor hauler
- Strain at
- Big jerk
- Boat
- Harbor boat
- Small boat
More clues leading to the result CONTORT
- Wrench
- Twist
- Twist out of shape
- Be wry
- Twist.
- Turn awry.
- Writhe.
- Bend out of shape
- Prisoner's wrongful act?
- Twist violently