The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SENSE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2021.
Brains crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SENSE | 40 % | 5 |
| GRAYMATTER | 20 % | 10 |
| SMARTS | 11 % | 6 |
| INTELLECTS | 6 % | 10 |
| INTELLECT | 6 % | 9 |
| WITS | 3 % | 4 |
| EINSTEINS | 3 % | 9 |
| MASTERMIND | 3 % | 10 |
| SMARTNESS | 3 % | 9 |
| EGGHEADS | 3 % | 8 |
| GENII | 3 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Brains
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- encephalon
- head
- psyche
- genius
- mentality
- brainpower
- mastermind
- wit
- nous
- mind
- learning ability
- mental capacity
Crossword Answer definitions
SENSE noun- Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
- Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
- Sound practical or moral judgment.
- The meaning, reason, or value of something.
- A natural appreciation or ability.
- The way that a referent is presented.
- A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary.
- One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
- One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
- Referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.
- To use biological senses: to either see, hear, smell, taste, or feel.
- To instinctively be aware.
- To comprehend.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SENSE
- Common quality?
- Feel
- Good judgment
- Have a feeling
- Purpose
- Sixth __
- "Common __" (1776 tract)
- Common ___ (Thomas Paine essay)
- Common or taste
- Feeling
More clues leading to the result GRAYMATTER
- Noodle makeup
- Neither black nor white chemical stuff?
- Intellect, informally
- Brains
- Brain substance, and a hint to the ends of 17- and 37-Across and 11- and 28-Down
- *Brains, informally
- *Brains, figuratively
- Brain
- Brain, so to speak
- Intellect.
More clues leading to the result SMARTS
- Stings
- Common sense
- Brainpower
- Intelligence
- Intelligence, slangily
- Know-how
- Hurts a lot
- Brains
- Gray matter
- Horse sense
More clues leading to the result INTELLECTS
More clues leading to the result INTELLECT
More clues leading to the result WITS
- Funny fellows
- Brains
- Improv comedy troupe members
- Improv troupe members
- Marbles, figuratively
- Jokesters
- Fast thinkers
- Sanity
- Marbles
- Intelligence
More clues leading to the result EINSTEINS
- Wise guys?
- Hardly dim bulbs
- Albert and family, of Princeton.
- Brainy people.
- Mathematical geniuses.
- Brains
- See 37A
More clues leading to the result MASTERMIND
- Supreme strategist
- Brains
- Code-breaking game with colored pegs
- *Brain trust member
- Plan and direct
- Du Maurier's Svengali, for instance.
- Leader of a brain trust.
- Brains behind a project.
- Engineer.
- Superman of a sort
More clues leading to the result SMARTNESS
More clues leading to the result EGGHEADS
- Smarties
- Brainiacs
- Brains
- Highbrows
- Walking encyclopedias
- Intellectual liberals.
- Certain members of the electorate.
- Intellectuals, in current lingo.
- Intelligentsia, modern style.
- Highbrows.