Bring under control

The answer

TAME

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

Used 29 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• REININ (24 uses in xd)
• SUBDUE (11 uses in xd)
• HARNESS (7 uses in xd)
• CURB (1 uses in xd)
• HAIRINESS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for TAME

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

• Domesticated - used 123 times, most recently in 2026
• Docile - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Domesticate - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
• Unexciting - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• Subdue - used 47 times, most recently in 2023
• Not wild - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Unlikely to bite - used 40 times, most recently in 2021
• No longer wild - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Get under control - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Easy to handle - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Gentle - used 22 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Bring up - REAR, used 387 times
• Out of control - AMOK, used 212 times
• Bring on board - HIRE, used 141 times
• Bring in - EARN, used 137 times
• Bring in - REAP, used 88 times
• Bring home - EARN, used 82 times

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