Restraining rope
The crossword clue "Restraining rope" is answered by TETHER, a 6-letter entry. Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TETHER
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TETHER answer page.
Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for TETHER
Every other clue in this collection answered by TETHER, most used first.
- Leash - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Tie up - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Tie - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Rope. - used 10 times, most recently in 1982
- Pet restraint - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Restraint - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Restrain - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- Tie down - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Rodeo rope - LARIAT, used 33 times
- Cowboy's rope - LARIAT, used 19 times
- Rope loops - NOOSES, used 15 times
- Mooring rope - HAWSER, used 13 times
- Cowpoke's rope - LARIAT, used 7 times
- Rope. - LARIAT, used 6 times
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