Strained
The crossword clue "Strained" is answered by TAUT, a 4-letter entry. Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TAUT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TAUT answer page.
Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 7 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.
- FILTERED (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for TAUT
Every other clue in this collection answered by TAUT, most used first.
- Lacking slack - used 126 times, most recently in 2026
- Stretched tight - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Tense - used 43 times, most recently in 2021
- Tightly stretched - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Pulled tight - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Drawn tight - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Not slack - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- High-strung - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Stretched tightly - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Having no slack - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- With no slack - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Without slack - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- Fully stretched - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Stretched - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Tightly drawn - used 16 times, most recently in 2018
- Tight - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Like a drumhead - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
- Snug. - used 12 times, most recently in 1988
- Lacking play - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- Like a bowstring - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Having no play - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Stretched to the limit - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Stretched to the max - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Tightly strung - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Shipshape - used 7 times, most recently in 1987
- Slackless - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Tight as a drum - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Far from slack - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Like a tuned string - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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