The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LAVE which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2019.
Cleanse crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
LAVE | 18 % | 4 |
DETERGE | 14 % | 7 |
RID | 14 % | 3 |
RINSE | 12 % | 5 |
PURGE | 12 % | 5 |
WASH | 11 % | 4 |
SCOUR | 8 % | 5 |
BATHE | 8 % | 5 |
SCRUB | 1 % | 5 |
DISINFECT | 1 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cleanse
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- denazify
- clean
- purify
- purge
- cleanliness
- sanitize
- wipe
- lave
- wash
- bath
- launder
- clear
Crossword Answer definitions
LAVE verb- To pour or throw out, as water; lade out; bail; bail out.
- To draw, as water; drink in.
- To give bountifully; lavish.
- To run down or gutter, as a candle.
- To hang or flap down.
- To wash.
- (archaic or dialectal) The remainder, rest; that which is left, remnant; others.
- (dialectal) A crowd
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 LAVE
More clues leading to the result DETERGE
More clues leading to the result RID
More clues leading to the result RINSE
- Hair conditioner
- Henna is one
- Washer cycle
- Dishwasher cycle
- Salon stuff
- Shampoo finisher
- Use the finger bowl
- Fast wash
- Get the soap out
- Hair treatment
More clues leading to the result PURGE
- Remove from office, soviet-style
- Remove, Soviet-style
- Get rid of
- Prove cathartic
- Eliminate, as undesirables
- Stalinesque sweep
- Political housecleaning
- Political ouster
- Cleanse thoroughly
- Free of guilt
More clues leading to the result WASH
- Clean with water
- Pass muster
- Scrub clean
- Clothes in a basket, say
- It's often left out to dry
- Load of laundry
- Wear's partner
- Weekly chore (or daily, if you have a toddler like me)
- Launder
- Thin coat of ink
More clues leading to the result SCOUR
- Comb
- Search high and low
- Deep clean
- Clean the pots
- Hair untangler
- Search thoroughly
- Search very thoroughly
- Scrub hard
- Scrub thoroughly
- Rub and rub and rub
More clues leading to the result BATHE
More clues leading to the result SCRUB
- Postpone the launch
- Second-stringer
- Swab
- Give a good cleaning
- Do the floors
- Clean with elbow grease
- Get ready for surgery
- Cancel, as a rocket launch
- Prepare for the O.R.
- Probable benchwarmer