The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SMELL which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2020.
Common sense crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SMELL | 24 % | 5 |
| SMARTS | 19 % | 6 |
| TASTE | 15 % | 5 |
| WITS | 13 % | 4 |
| SIGHT | 8 % | 5 |
| MOTHERWIT | 5 % | 9 |
| LOGIC | 5 % | 5 |
| SAVVY | 3 % | 5 |
| SANE | 3 % | 4 |
| REASON | 2 % | 6 |
| OLFACTORY | 2 % | 9 |
| MARBLES | 2 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Common sense
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- good sense
- sense
- gumption
- mother wit
- horse sense
- understanding
- nous
- native wit
- intelligency
- wisdom
- intelligence
- sensibility
Crossword Answer definitions
SMELL noun- A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
- The sense that detects odours.
- A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate.
- To sense a smell or smells.
- Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
- (without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink.
- To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.
- To exercise sagacity.
- To detect or perceive; often with out.
- To give heed to.
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 SMELL
- Need a bath badly
- Get wind of
- Sniff out
- Use one's nose
- "I ________ a rat!"
- Odor
- Common sense
- Detect
- Fish market's pickup?
- Funk
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 TASTE
- "Here, try some!"
- A sense
- Discernment
- Personal liking
- Sample
- Try a tidbit
- Common sense?
- Free sample
- Free sample at the market
- Herb Alpert's "A ____ of Honey"
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 SIGHT
- Glimpse
- Kind of gag
- Optometry concern
- Tour stop
- Vision
- Spectacle
- Tourist attraction
- The eyes have it
- Impressive spectacle
- Aiming aid
More clues leading to the result MOTHERWIT
More clues leading to the result LOGIC
- Mr. Spock's thought process
- Kant subject
- Reason
- Sudoku skill
- Irrefutable stuff
- Spock's forte
- Sound reasoning
- Focus of Whitehead and Russell's "Principia Mathematica"
- Branch of mathematics involving truth tables
- Mr. Spock's strong suit
More clues leading to the result SAVVY
- Shrewd
- Street smarts
- Street-smart
- Common sense
- Shrewdness
- Intelligence
- Astute
- Shrewdly informed
- Get the idea.
- Know-how
More clues leading to the result SANE
- Compos mentis
- All there
- Of sound mind
- Rational
- Having one's marbles
- Lucid
- Mentally sound
- Not mad
- With it
- Competent
More clues leading to the result REASON
- Cause
- Mr. Spock's logic
- Smarts
- Why or wherefore
- Intellectual power
- Logic
- Think logically
- Left brain's forte, supposedly
- Use logic
- Use one's noodle