Taut Crossword Clue – 4 Answers (5-12 Letters)

Q: What's the best solution for Taut?

The most likely answer for the crossword clue Taut is TENSE. Other possible answers include TENSEDUP, TIGHT, TIGHTASADRUM.

Q: How many solutions are there for Taut?

We have found 4 possible answers for the crossword clue Taut.

Q: Which crosswords feature clues like Taut?

Clues like Taut often appear in daily crosswords from publications such as Metro, The Sunday Times Mephisto, The Sunday Telegraph, Mail on Sunday, The Daily Telegraph Daily, among others.

5 letter answer(s) to taut

TENSE

a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
become stretched or tense or taut;
become tense, nervous, or uneasy; "He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room"
cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;
in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
increase the tension on; "alternately relax and tense your calf muscle"; "tense the rope manually before tensing the spring"
pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
taut or rigid; stretched tight; "tense piano strings"

TIGHT

(of a contest or contestants) evenly matched;
(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"
affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; "tight money"; "a tight market"
closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "tight skirts"; "he hated tight starched collars"; "fingers closed in a tight fist"; "a tight feeling in his chest"
demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety measures"
exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent;
firmly or closely; "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight"
of such close construction as to be impermeable; "a tight roof"; "warm in our tight little house"
of textiles;
packed closely together; "they stood in a tight little group"; "hair in tight curls"; "the pub was packed tight"

Frequently asked questions about ‘Taut’

What's the best solution for Taut?

The most likely answer for the crossword clue Taut is TENSE. Other possible answers include TENSEDUP, TIGHT, TIGHTASADRUM.

How many solutions are there for Taut?

We have found 4 possible answers for the crossword clue Taut.

Which crosswords feature clues like Taut?

Clues like Taut often appear in daily crosswords from publications such as Metro, The Sunday Times Mephisto, The Sunday Telegraph, Mail on Sunday, The Daily Telegraph Daily, among others.

Clue	Answers
Anxious	14
Blotto	13
Drunk	12
Nervous	12
Close	11
Worked up	7
Inebriated	6
Jittery	5
Miserly	5
Rigid	5
Keyed up	4
Uptight	4
Wound up	4
Jumpy	3
On edge	3
Stressed	3
Stressful	3
Close-fitting	2
Edgy	2
Ex-lax?	2
High-strung	2
Lacking slack	2
Mean to get drunk	2
Not relaxed	2
Stretched tight	2
15 23 used by 24D 10	1
Affording no leeway	1
All keyed up	1
All wound up	1
Almost all of cricket team getting Home Counties contract	1
Anxious for the future, say	1
Awkward drunk	1
… nervous energy, after 10s	1
Brace, in a way	1
Causing anxiety decades before EU’s beginning	1
Close-fitting; tense	1
Drunk female escaping from the dark?	1
Drunk later today? That’s not on	1
Drunk to touch heart after diverting attention	1
Drunk, so wished to sleep?	1
Earnings drained after tax returns in future?	1
English 101 subject	1
Fast up the pole?	1
Fast way to get drunk	1
Firm on leaving later today	1
Firm’s short stockings	1
Firmly fastened; drunk	1
Hard to move; drunk	1
Having had a few, unlikely to buy a round	1
In danger of snapping	1

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