Clues for the word "LOOSEN"
We've had 47 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 139 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on May 29, 2026.
Definition of loosen
- v. t. - To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth.
- v. t. - To free from restraint; to set at liberty..
- v. t. - To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.
- v. i. - To become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact.
Referring Clues
- Ease
- Relax
- Start to untie
- Ease up
- Unbuckle
- Relax, as rules
- Undo, as laces
- Give some slack
- Relax, as regulations
- Untie
- Turn counterclockwise, maybe
- Make less tight
- Undo
- Free
- Uncinch
- Untie, as shoelaces
- Let out a bit, as a belt
- Let out a few notches in
- Unlace
- Unknot
- Untie, perhaps
- Ease up on
- Unknot, as a tie
- Make a belt or collar more comfortable
- Give some slack to
- Become less strict, with "up"
- Decrease the tightness of
- Relax, as a restriction
- Relax (with "up")
- Unbind
- Slacken
- Free American diver stealing Norseman's heart
- Release duffer to tour Kent
- Set free two eggs seen in distorted lens
- Work free
- Untie, relax
- Relax having free gin at the end
- Can Oriental money reduce restraint?
- Relax, as restrictions
- There's no sole way to relax
- Unknot or unbuckle
- Twist counterclockwise, as a nut
- Slack off
- Let out a notch, perhaps
- Put some slack in
- Turn away from righty-tighty
- Let out a bit
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - May 29, 2026
- Mirror Daily - May 24, 2026
- Daily American - January 25, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - November 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 24, 2025
- New York Times - September 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 19, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 15, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 31, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 03, 2025
- Daily American - January 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 21, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 03, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 21, 2024
- Your Life Choices - August 17, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 12, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 09, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - June 26, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - June 10, 2024
- Mirror Daily - February 21, 2024
- Daily American - January 25, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 11, 2023
- LA Times - November 17, 2023
- Mirror Daily - October 22, 2023
- Mirror Daily - August 03, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 24, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - June 04, 2023
- And in 109 more crossword puzzles...