The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BORES which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2021.
Drills crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BORES | 53 % | 5 |
| TRAINS | 27 % | 6 |
| AUGERS | 7 % | 6 |
| APES | 7 % | 4 |
| REHEARSES | 7 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Drills
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
- biennia
- bits
- borers
- calisthenics
Crossword Answer definitions
BORES 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.
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 BORES
- Goes on and on about minutiae for an hour and a half, say
- Goes on and on about the recent changes in your child's nap schedule, e.g.
- Bad conversationalists
- Puts to sleep
- Digs (into)
- Induces ennui
- Goes on and on and on...
- Dangerous tidal flows
- Yawn inducers
- Yawn-spawning speakers
More clues leading to the result TRAINS
- Educates
- Prepares for a bout
- Shows the ropes
- Classic stereotypical boy toys
- Prepares for a fight
- Spars, e.g.
- VIA Rail units
- Gets in shape
- Shows the ropes to
- Works out
More clues leading to the result AUGERS
- Carpentry tools
- They're boring
- Boring bits
- Hole bits
- Boring tools
- Carpentry bits
- Boring things
- Hole-making tools
- Carpentry drill bits
- Drilling tools
More clues leading to the result APES
- Big lugs
- Copies
- Edgar Rice Burroughs characters
- Mimics
- "2001" characters
- Follows suit
- Imitates
- Does a takeoff
- Gibbons
- Jungle critters