The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word POTENT , but the solution may also be INFORCE which is one of the most recent solution (2003 in LA Times).
Effective crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| POTENT | 23 % | 6 |
| OPERANT | 15 % | 7 |
| ABLE | 15 % | 4 |
| VALID | 15 % | 5 |
| INFORCE | 12 % | 7 |
| COGENT | 8 % | 6 |
| FORCEFUL | 4 % | 8 |
| FORCIBLE | 4 % | 8 |
| TELLING | 4 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Effective
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- efficient
- efficacious
- effectual
- competent
- good
- impressive
- operational
- trenchant
- actual
- operative
- telling
- existent
Crossword Answer definitions
POTENT noun- A heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of blue and white T shapes.
- A prince; a potentate.
- A staff or crutch.
- Possessing strength.
- Powerfully effective.
- Having a sharp or offensive taste.
- (of a male) Able to procreate.
- Very powerful or effective.
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 POTENT
- Effective
- Strong
- Strong, as medicine
- Packing a wallop
- Puissant
- Like a Mickey Finn
- Powerfully effective
- Powerful
- "I'll take ___ Potables for $200, Alex"
- Like a stiff drink
More clues leading to the result OPERANT
- Working.
- Performer.
- Manager.
- In running order.
- Agent.
- Producing an effect
- Effective
- At work
- Having an effect
- In effect
More clues leading to the result ABLE
- A, in code
- Capable of making a BALE?
- Competent
- Confident
- Having the wherewithal
- Self-assured
- Up to the job
- Up to the task
- Willing's follower?
- Qualified
More clues leading to the result VALID
- Legal
- Convincing
- Well-grounded
- Bona fide
- Genuine
- Good, as a ticket
- Sound
- Justifiable
- Still in effect
- In effect
More clues leading to the result INFORCE
- Effective now, as a law
- Effective
- Now applicable
- Effective, as a law
- Currently being applied
- Like current regulations
- Operative, as a rule
- Effective, as a rule
- Valid; operative: 2 wds.
- Operative.
More clues leading to the result COGENT
- Compelling, as an argument
- Believable
- Compellingly stated
- Making good sense
- Convincing
- Powerfully persuasive
- To the point
- Clear and convincing
- Forceful, as an argument
- Effective, as an argument