The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FORCE which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2015.
Compel crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FORCE | 41 % | 5 |
| COERCE | 15 % | 6 |
| OBLIGE | 15 % | 6 |
| ENFORCE | 11 % | 7 |
| URGE | 7 % | 4 |
| OBLIGATE | 4 % | 8 |
| MAKE | 2 % | 4 |
| PRESS | 2 % | 5 |
| EXACT | 2 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Compel
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- oblige
- require
- command
- obligate
- enforce
- coerce
- constrain
- coercive
- forcible
- forced
- impose
- get
Crossword Answer definitions
FORCE noun- Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
- Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
- Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
- A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)
- Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
- A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
- The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
- A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.
- Legal validity.
- Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
- Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
- (with the, often capitalized) A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note.
- To violate (a woman); to rape.
- To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
- To compel (someone or something) to do something.
- To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
- To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
- To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
- To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
- To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
- To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.
- (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
- To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
- To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
- To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
- (law enforcement) Any police organization; a constabulary.
- A waterfall or cascade.
- To stuff; to lard; to farce.
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 FORCE
- Might
- Jedi's "skill"
- Impetus
- Brute's m.o.
- Strength
- Impel
- Break open, as a lock
- Put pressure on
- "May the ___ be with you"
- Brute follower
More clues leading to the result COERCE
- Forcibly dominate
- Put the pressure on
- Strong-arm
- Twist some arms
- Use intimidation
- Force
- Compel by force
- Compel
- Do some arm- twisting
- Browbeat
More clues leading to the result OBLIGE
- Require
- Accommodate
- Do a favor for
- Impose a duty on
- Do what's asked
- Do as asked
- Bind legally
- Make beholden
- Be accommodating
- Do as requested
More clues leading to the result ENFORCE
- Administer, as laws
- Carry out
- Emulate Dirty Harry
- Compel
- Administer, as the law
- Carry out, as a law
- Carry out effectively
- Quote, part 4
- Require compliance with
- Uphold, as the law
More clues leading to the result URGE
More clues leading to the result OBLIGATE
- Commit morally or legally
- Constrain
- Commit
- Bind by a contract promise, etc.
- Pledge
- Bind
- Compel
- Bind legally
- Cause to be grateful
More clues leading to the result MAKE
- Straighten, as one's bed
- Create
- Bring about
- Put together
- With 67-Across, emulate Walter White, or what you can do four times in this grid without alerting the authorities
- Earn
- Produce
- Model companion?
- Manufacture
- ___ like (imitate)
More clues leading to the result PRESS
- Fourth estate
- Iron-pumper's rep
- "Meet the ____"
- Get the crease out
- Iron
- A medium
- Get pushy
- Basketball stratagem
- Bench exercise
- Apply force to