Clues for the word "TAME"
We've had 225 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 783 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on January 16, 2026.
Definition of tame
- v. t. - To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.
- superl. - Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird.
- superl. - Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
- superl. - Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery.
- a. - To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast.
- a. - To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth.
Referring Clues
- Gentle
- Hardly boisterous
- Hardly racy
- Mild
- Unracy
- Busted
- Subdued
- Domesticated
- Unlikely to bite
- Unexciting
- Crack the whip at, maybe
- Break, as a horse
- Broken
- Like kiddie rides
- Break, in a way
- Lacking thrills
- Easily calmed
- Barely risqué
- Not electric
- Broken, in a way
- Domesticate
- Far from risqué
- Easy to manage
- Bring under control
- Break
- Crack the whip at, perhaps
- Busted, like a bronco
- Docile
- Like a broken horse
- Mild-mannered
- Hardly fierce
- Not exciting
- Far from exciting
- Bland
- Not feral
- Change from wild to mild
- Get under control
- Subdue
- Like a broken bronc
- Bust, in a way
- Unresisting
- Not hard to handle
- Under control
- Meek and mild
- Watered down
- Kind of dull
- Domestic
- Lacking excitement
- Thrill-less
- Like pets
- Not likely to bite
- Dull, as a party
- Not apt to bite
- Like housepets
- Submissive
- Break, so to speak
- Like petting-zoo animals
- Not wild
- Tone down
- Hardly risque
- Housebroken
- Not exactly thrilling
- Make the wild mild
- Not risque at all
- Unlikely to offend
- Gentle, as a horse
- Broken-in
- Doesn't support
- Easy to handle
- Far from shocking
- Broken to the saddle
- Less than exciting
- Like most pets
- Do some circus work
- Hardly heart-pounding
- Serviceable but harmless
- Lacking spice
- Not exactly exciting
- No longer wild
- Well behaved
- Carriage horses
- Not very edgy
- Unlikely to attack
- Not too exciting
- Pettable
- Far from titillating
- Like a "broken" horse
- Far from feral
- Bring to bay
- Insipid
- Not very racy
- Break, as a wild horse
- Make gentle
- Rein in
- Not wild, as a horse
- Tractable
- Blah
- Control
- Broken on the ranch
- Broken on the ranch
- Innocuous
- Not very exciting
- Make docile
- Broken, say
- Like the rides in a kiddie park
- Pacify
- Mild, not wild
- Lacking spirit
- Hardly exciting
- Broken in, as a horse
- Wild's opposite
- Sans spice
- Make manageable
- Not at all wild
- Not so tough
- Far from racy
- Far from feisty
- PG-rated
- Soothe, as a savage beast
- Not wild at all
- Spiritless
- Get control of
- Teach, in a way
- Break from the wild side?
- Broken, as a bronco
- Not that exciting
- Hardly boundary-pushing
- Civilize
- Not at all ferocious
- Like petting zoo animals
- Not needing to be broken
- See 58-Across
- Broken, as a wild bronco
- Hardly wild
- Gentle, as petting-zoo animals
- Manage, as unruly hair
- Hardly envelope-pushing
- Harness
- Broken by a dude
- What Kate became
- Obedient
- Soften
- Not wild, as an animal
- Opposite of wild
- Opposite of wild, as an animal
- Un-feisty
- Break a horse
- Handleable
- Not feisty
- Drab
- Docile and submissive
- Subdued Pixies song?
- Like soft rock
- Gentle Pixies song?
- Like ballad
- ___ Impala
- Journey "Can't ___ the Lion"
- Gentle hint, a member assumes
- Domesticated - dull
- Hardly daring
- Lacking in excitement
- Hardly controversial
- Responding to commands, say
- Break in, being unafraid of human contact
- Blandly uncontroversial
- Dull
- Busted, as a horse
- Break, as a beast
- Break in, thanks to yours truly
- Unexciting substitution for teammate in either half
- Master sped away from amazing stampede
- No longer wild, thanks to me
- Dull variety of meat
- Finds some pasta meals to be dull
- Boring master
- Like animals in a petting zoo
- Hardly thrill-filled
- Unlikely to bite, like a pet dog
- Not wild, like an animal
- Suitable for a petting zoo
- Make less wild
- Having hardly any spice
- Lacking in edge
- Unlikely to excite
- Far from edgy
- Like circus animals
- Far from controversial
- Hardly a threat
- Lacking zest
- Unthreatening
- Not particularly exciting
- Pedestrian
- Dull carpeting returned by European
- Not very 96 Down
- Thanks to me, it's harmless
- Like the sexual references in PG-13 movies
- No longer feral
- Not the least bit scandalous
- Not spicy, so to speak
- Like a not wild horse
- Unlikely to titillate
- Lackluster
- Gentle, as zoo animals
- Docile in disposition
- Easily handled, thanks to me
- Not threatening
- Opposite of feral
- Like a housecat but not a wildcat
- Like a controlled lion
- Far from daring
- Subdue, as wild hair
- Calm
- G-rated, say
- Not daring at all
- Like a domesticated animal
- Wild? No, the opposite
- Lacking pizzazz
- Convert from wild to mild
- Suitable for family movie night, in a way
- Like a busted horse?
- Opposite of wild, in the animal world
- Wild? Not in my house!
- Lacking bite
- Such animals could yield meat
- Hardly spicy
Last Seen In
- Daily American - January 16, 2026
- Daily American - December 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 22, 2025
- Daily American - November 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 06, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 02, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 21, 2025
- Mirror Mini - October 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 07, 2025
- New York Times - August 03, 2025
- Daily American - July 27, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 02, 2025
- New York Times - July 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 27, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 07, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 28, 2025
- LA Times - April 26, 2025
- Daily American - April 17, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 23, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 17, 2025
- LA Times - March 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 13, 2025
- Daily American - February 25, 2025
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