Tried a jackknife Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Tried a jackknife . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is DIVED.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DIVED Tried a jackknife (5)
3% TASTES Tries a bite of (6) USA Today Oct 14, 2025
3% TESTED Tried-and-true (6) Wall Street Journal Sep 20, 2025
3% URGED Tried to convince (5) New York Times Mini Sep 12, 2025
3% ITERATES Tries, tries again (8) New York Times Jul 24, 2025
2% SATIRE Tries a change of humour (6) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Oct 17, 2025
2% TIRED Tried working, exhausted (5) (5) Mirror Cryptic Oct 15, 2025
2% ESSAYED Journalist on paper tried (7) (7) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 10, 2025
2% RHEAS King tries ignoring river birds (5) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 7, 2025
2% BORED Tried the patience of top managers when speaking (5) (5) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 6, 2025
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