Not likely to bite

The answer

TAME

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

Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 4 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.

• GENTLE (2 uses in xd)
• DOCILE (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
• Bring under control - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• 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
• Not feral - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Not very exciting - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Subdued - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Easy to manage - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Insipid - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Break - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Gentle, as a horse - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Mild - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Not at all wild - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Broken - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Break, in a way - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Not particularly exciting - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Under control - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Break, as a horse - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Dull - used 8 times, most recently in 1983
• Far from shocking - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Like petting zoo animals - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Broken, in a way - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Broken to the saddle - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Hardly racy - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Lacking spice - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Make docile - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Spiritless - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Tone down - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Tractable - used 7 times, most recently in 1997
• G-rated - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Hardly risque - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Housebroken - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Make gentle - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• No longer feral - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Not fooled by - ONTO, used 444 times
• Not as much - LESS, used 378 times
• If not - ELSE, used 199 times
• Not "fer" - AGIN, used 181 times
• Not pro - ANTI, used 172 times
• Not so much - LESS, used 171 times

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