The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BORE , but the solution may also be PRACTICE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Drill crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BORE | 56 % | 4 |
| TRAIN | 8 % | 5 |
| BORER | 8 % | 5 |
| PRACTICE | 8 % | 8 |
| REHEARSE | 4 % | 8 |
| ROTE | 4 % | 4 |
| EXERCISE | 2 % | 8 |
| INCULCATE | 2 % | 9 |
| PIERCE | 2 % | 6 |
| INDOCTRINATE | 2 % | 12 |
| AUGER | 2 % | 5 |
| TEST | 2 % | 4 |
| ASK | 2 % | 3 |
Why may PRACTICE be the right solution?
The answer "PRACTICE" fits the clue "Drill" because practicing something repeatedly helps to improve skills or knowledge, just like a drill helps to improve performance or efficiency.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Drill
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- exercise
- practise
- practice
- bore
- electric drill
- mandrillus leucophaeus
- military drill
- practice session
- auger
- jackhammer
- boring
- dig
Crossword Answer definitions
BORE noun- A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
- The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
- A capped well drilled to tap artesian water. The place where the well exists.
- One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
- Something dull or uninteresting
- Calibre; importance.
- To inspire boredom in somebody.
- To make a hole through something.
- To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
- To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
- To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
- To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
- To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
- (of a horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air.
- To fool; to trick.
- A sudden and rapid flow of tide occuring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
- To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
- To support, sustain, or endure.
- To support, keep up, or maintain.
- To press or impinge upon.
- To produce, yield, give birth to.
- (originally nautical) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
- To gain or win.
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 BORE
- Brought forth
- Induce yawning
- Put to sleep
- See 33A
- Predictable person
- Make a tunnel
- "A person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it," according to Henry Ford
- "It's such a ___ Being always Poor" (Langston Hughes)
- 20-Across, e.g., especially during solving
- Annoying drip
More clues leading to the result TRAIN
- Amtrak conveyance
- Casey Jones' venue
- Prepare for a fight
- Work out
- Break in
- Bridal gown attachment
- Freight or passenger
- Part of a bridal dress
- Coach
- Band with the 2010 #3 hit "Hey, Soul Sister"
More clues leading to the result BORER
- Hole-making pest
- Shipworm or hagfish
- Drilling tool
- Bug found in trunks
- Hole maker
- Destructive insect
- Hole-making bug
- Drill
- Auger, e.g.
- Drilling bug
More clues leading to the result PRACTICE
- Drill
- Dylan McDermott series, with "The"
- Do over and over
- Business of a professional man.
- Do.
- Follow a profession.
- Become perfect, perhaps.
- Drill.
- Road to perfection
- Source of perfection
More clues leading to the result REHEARSE
- Run through
- Study one's lines
- Get ready to open
- Do some lines with your coworkers?
- Run through lines
- Practice on the boards
- Prepare to perform
- Practice
- Walk through
- Run through a scene
More clues leading to the result ROTE
- Fixed procedure
- Boring learning method
- By ___ (learning style)
- Kyle of football fame
- Learning by repetition
- Mindless memorizing
- Routine learning
- Surf noise
- A memorizing process
- Mechanical routine
More clues leading to the result EXERCISE
- Work out
- Pianist's scales, e.g.
- Doctor's suggestion
- Drill
- It can involve dumbbells and jerks
- Beneficial activity that ends the answers to starred clues
- Do crunches, say
- For which Madame Bovary rides horseback.
- Workout.
- Use.
More clues leading to the result INCULCATE
More clues leading to the result PIERCE
- Penetrate
- Puncture
- Run through
- A.k.a. Hawkeye
- Go through
- Celtic great Paul
- New Hampshire-born president
- "M*A*S*H" captain
- Bore through
- 14th U.S. president
More clues leading to the result INDOCTRINATE
More clues leading to the result AUGER
- Hand tool
- It's usually boring
- Some find it boring
- Bore
- It's boring
- Borer with a bit
- Plumber's snake
- Boring tool
- Kind of a bit
- It's generally boring
More clues leading to the result TEST
- Acid or aptitude follower
- Dry run
- Midterm or final
- Tryout
- License requirement, often
- Try out
- Exam
- Examination
- Final, for one
- Midterm, for one