The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word IMPELS , but the solution may also be MOTORS which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in LA Times).
Drives crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| IMPELS | 38 % | 6 |
| TEESHOTS | 18 % | 8 |
| URGES | 10 % | 5 |
| STEERS | 8 % | 6 |
| GOADS | 5 % | 5 |
| MOTORS | 5 % | 6 |
| ROADS | 3 % | 5 |
| ACTUATES | 3 % | 8 |
| EGGSON | 3 % | 6 |
| PROPELS | 3 % | 7 |
| SENDS | 3 % | 5 |
| FUELS | 3 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Drives
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- force
- effort
- driving force
- labour
- get
- push
- cause
- beat back
- movement
- pull
- repulse
- campaign
Crossword Answer definitions
IMPELS verb- To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation.
- To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action.
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 IMPELS
- Urges
- Drives
- Forces forward
- Thrusts forward
- Drives forward
- Forces ahead
- Pushes
- Urges forward
- Motivates
- Gets moving
More clues leading to the result TEESHOTS
- Drives
- Hole starters
- They may be long drives
- Golfers' opening drives
- Starts of long drives, hopefully
- Long drives, hopefully
- Certain drives
- Some lead to long drives
- First strokes
- Opening drives in golf
More clues leading to the result URGES
More clues leading to the result STEERS
- They're on hooves
- Beef on the hoof
- Directs
- Manipulates
- Controls, as an Indy 500 car
- Takes the tiller
- Driven beasts
- Drives
- Navigates
- Takes the wheel
More clues leading to the result GOADS
More clues leading to the result MOTORS
- General ___
- Goes by car
- Engines
- Mechanics work on them
- Gliders lack them
- Goes for a spin
- Electrical devices
- General in charge of cars?
- General __
- Drives
More clues leading to the result ROADS
- Highways and byways
- Last word of the movie "Back to the Future"
- They may have forks
- Word that goes in either blank in the classic movie quote "___? Where we're going we don't need ___"
- Fork options
- Map lines
- Rome leaders?
- Abbey, Savile, et al.
- Some warriors' ways
- Avenues
More clues leading to the result ACTUATES
More clues leading to the result EGGSON
More clues leading to the result PROPELS
- Spurs
- Pushes on
- Flicks
- Drives onward
- Pushes forward
- Drives forward
- Gets moving
- Drives
- Gives motive power to.
- Has a scull session
More clues leading to the result SENDS
- Dispatches
- E-mails
- Posts
- Transmits in Morse code
- Launches
- Ships
- Does some emailing
- Elates
- Mails off
- Uses the FedEx Office, likely