The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word HEARS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2007.
Detects, in a way crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HEARS | 33 % | 5 |
| SMELLS | 33 % | 6 |
| SCENTS | 33 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Detects, in a way
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lidar
- perception
- smell
- spots
- detecter
- detector
- electroscope
- galvanometer
- geiger counter
- photoreceptor
- radiometer
- scanner
Crossword Answer definitions
HEARS verb- (stative) To perceive sounds through the ear.
- (stative) To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way.
- To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to.
- To listen favourably to; to grant (a request etc.).
- To receive information about; to come to learn of.
- (with from) To be contacted by.
- To listen to (a person, case) in a court of law; to try.
- To sympathize with; to understand the feelings or opinion of.
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 HEARS
- Considers
- Picks up
- Presides over (a case)
- Listens to
- Picks up some waves
- Gets word
- Gets wind (of)
- Finds out, in a way
- Gets an earful
- Gets wind of
More clues leading to the result SMELLS
- Bouquets
- Gets a whiff of
- Appears suspicious
- Notices in the kitchen?
- Is suspicious
- Senses, as trouble
- Seems suspicious
- Requires Febreze, maybe
- Kitchen lures
- Kitchen emanations