The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SCENTS , but the solution may also be HEARS which is one of the most recent solution (2007 in New York Times).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SCENTS | 33 % | 6 |
| SMELLS | 33 % | 6 |
| HEARS | 33 % | 5 |
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
SCENTS noun- A distinctive odour or smell.
- An odour left by an animal that may be used for tracing.
- The sense of smell.
- A perfume.
- Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a paperchase.
- Sense, perception.
- To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell.
- To have a suspicion of.
- To impart an odour to.
- To have a smell.
- To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.
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 SCENTS
- Aromas
- Perfumes
- Bloodhound trails
- Sephora emanations
- Aromatherapy cures?
- Hounds' clues
- Bloodhound's clues
- Fragrances
- Flower shop emanations
- Sachet emanations
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