Tightly stretched
The crossword clue "Tightly stretched" is answered by TAUT, a 4-letter entry. Used 41 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
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Used 41 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- 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
Related clues
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- Close tightly - SEAL, used 82 times
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