Padlocked

The answer

SHUT

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHUT answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1945. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SHUT

Every other clue in this collection answered by SHUT, most used first.

• Close - used 154 times, most recently in 2026
• Closed - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
• Boarded up - used 27 times, most recently in 2022
• Open-and-___ case - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Sealed - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Close tightly - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• Closed tight - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Not even ajar - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Out of business - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ the front door!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Not ajar - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Tightly closed - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Not open - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Close securely - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Fastened - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Fold up. - used 7 times, most recently in 1966
• Occlude - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Closed tightly - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Eyelid position - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Seal - used 6 times, most recently in 2017

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Padlocked fastener - HASP, used 11 times

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