Stretched tightly
The crossword clue "Stretched tightly" is answered by TAUT, a 4-letter entry. Used 21 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 5 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 21 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- 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
- Strained - used 15 times, most recently in 2013
- 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
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.
- Close tightly - SEAL, used 82 times
- Hold tightly - GRIP, used 40 times
- Stretched out - LAIN, used 29 times
- Tie tightly - BIND, used 22 times
- Shut tightly - SEAL, used 19 times
- Stretched the truth - LIED, used 16 times
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