Answer: TAUT
TAUT is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 127 times.
Referring Clues:
- Unbending
- Tight as a drum
- Without slack
- Not slack
- Having no play
- Lacking play
- Strung tightly
- Unrelaxed
- Tight
- Drawn tight
- Ex-lax?
- Like a tuned string
- Stretched
- Tightly strung
- Pulled tight
- Suspenseful
- Tightly stretched
- Lacking slack
- Keyed up
- Without wrinkles
- Unloose
- Stretched tight
- Fully stretched
- Stretched tight, as a drum head
- Like a trampoline's surface
- High-strung
- Like a tuned guitar string
- Like a circus high wire
- Stretched to the limit
- Like a bowstring
- Lacking slackness
- Without give
- Tightly drawn
- Subjected to great tension
- Far from flabby
- Having no slack
- Like a tug-of-war rope
- Stiff
- Like concise writing
- Not at all redundant
- Not drooping
- Like a guitar string
- Stretched thin
- Not relaxed
- Fully extended
- Rigid
- With little slack
- Strained
- Far from slack
- Like a newly-installed fan belt
- Like a high wire
- Stretched to the limits
- Hardly loose
- Like violin strings
- Tight, as a drum skin
- Slackless
- Like a drumhead
- Stretched just short of the breaking point
- Tense
- In good order
- Stretched tightly
- Having no play, say
- Emotionally strained
- Tensed
- Playless?
- Without any give
- Wired tightly
- Highstrung
- Under tension
- Spy-movie review adjective
- Stretched to the max
- Allowing no play
- Without much slack
- Wound up
- Without any slack
- Not at all droopy
- Like a newly installed fan belt
- Strung with tension
- Ready to snap
- Having little give
- Drawn up
- Tightly-strung
- Tension-filled
- Like many a thriller
- Tightly wound
- Like a nicely tuned guitar string
- Like faces after face-lifts
- Like a rope during a tug-of-war match
- Not loose
- Filled with suspense
- Like newly Botoxed skin
- Stretched fully
- Ready to snap, maybe
- With no slack
- Like a well-written mystery
- What drumheads need to be
- Drawn tightly
- Like a well-written thriller
- Like a tuned piano string
- Stretched tightly, as a guitar string
- Like skin after Botox treatment
- Tightly pulled
- All stretched out
- Not sagging at all
- Not at all saggy
- Not at all lax
- Opposite of slack
- Like a tightrope, more so than a slackline
- Not at all slack
- Like drumheads
- Not hanging loose
- Completely stretched
- Full of tension
- Wire-drawn
- Like guitar strings
- Opposite of loose
- Stretched out
- Showing strain
- Opposite of relaxed
- At a breaking point, maybe
- Like a tightrope, ideally
- Like a rope that's not slack
- Like a slacklining rope
- Like some nerves and strings
- Tightly stretchy
- Not lax
- Like a rope during tug-of-war
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - August 31, 2025
- New York Times - July 28, 2025
- LA Times - July 23, 2025
- USA Today - July 18, 2025
- USA Today - June 24, 2025
- USA Today - May 23, 2025
- USA Today - April 08, 2025
- LA Times - March 11, 2025
- USA Today - January 30, 2025
- LA Times - January 20, 2025
- USA Today - December 19, 2024
- New York Times - December 11, 2024
- New York Times - October 28, 2024
- USA Today - October 11, 2024
- LA Times - June 20, 2024
- New York Times - June 18, 2024
- LA Times - June 11, 2024
- USA Today - June 10, 2024
- USA Today - June 06, 2024
- USA Today - May 10, 2024
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