The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word TRY which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2021.
Effort crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TRY | 36 % | 3 |
| STAB | 22 % | 4 |
| DINT | 20 % | 4 |
| TRIAL | 6 % | 5 |
| PAINS | 3 % | 5 |
| ESSAY | 3 % | 5 |
| NISUS | 3 % | 5 |
| ELBOWGREASE | 1 % | 11 |
| EXERTION | 1 % | 8 |
| LABOR | 1 % | 5 |
| DOING | 1 % | 5 |
| ENDEAVOR | 1 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Effort
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- elbow grease
- exertion
- travail
- endeavor
- endeavour
- feat
- try
- drive
- attempt
- exploit
- movement
- deed
Crossword Answer definitions
TRY noun- An attempt.
- An act of tasting or sampling.
- A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
- A screen, or sieve, for grain.
- A field goal or extra point
- To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
- To divide; to separate.
- To test, to work out.
- To experiment, to strive.
- To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
- To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
- (used with another verb) To want
- Fine, excellent.
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 TRY
- Take a crack at
- Attempt
- Hear, as a case
- Stab
- Take a shot at
- Venture
- Have a go at
- Shot
- Sit in judgment
- The old college ___
More clues leading to the result STAB
- Attempt
- Pierce
- Spear
- Wild guess
- Brief attempt
- Grab with a fork
- Make a try at
- Try
- Poke with a pick
- Stick with a shiv, say
More clues leading to the result DINT
- Force
- By __ of (owing to)
- Force or effort
- By ___ of
- By ___ of (exerting)
- By ___ of (via)
- Exertion
- Potency
- By __ of (due to)
- Power
More clues leading to the result TRIAL
- Error's mate
- Experiment
- Hearing
- Lawyer's gig
- Scopes was a famous one
- "My Cousin Vinny" event
- Free period for a product
- It may go through a peer-review process
- ___ offer
- Error's partner
More clues leading to the result PAINS
- Annoying ones
- Tylenol targets
- See 7 Across
- Unpleasant feelings
- Assiduous care
- Nuisances
- Laborious efforts
- Aches and ___
- Careful efforts
- Exceptional effort
More clues leading to the result ESSAY
- "The Myth of Sisyphus", for example
- Bacon bit
- Emerson output
- Emerson product
- Montaigne masterpiece
- Op-ed offering
- Op-ed piece
- Short composition
- Bacon piece
- Dissertation
More clues leading to the result NISUS
- A striving.
- Effort.
- Friend of Euryalus in Aeneid.
- Euryalus' friend in the Aeneid.
- Effort
- Effort or impulse
- Impulse
- Exertion
More clues leading to the result ELBOWGREASE
- Oomph
- It's a lot of extra work
- Extra effort, figuratively
- Hard work
- Real effort
- It may be needed to get out a tough stain
- Vigorous effort
- *It may be used with a grunt or two
- Exertion, so to speak
- Effort
More clues leading to the result EXERTION
More clues leading to the result LABOR
- Party in England
- Gompers' group
- It has many contractions
- What's gone into before delivering
- Delivery challenge
- Lamaze class subject
- Huff and puff
- United workers
- Proletariat
- Serf's lot
More clues leading to the result DOING
- "Nothing ___!"
- "Nothing __!"
- Action
- Performing
- Working on
- Up to
- Busy at
- "What are you ___?"
- Achievement
- "Nothing __"