The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ABET , but the solution may also be URGE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Encourage crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ABET | 28 % | 4 |
| EGGON | 17 % | 5 |
| URGE | 17 % | 4 |
| HEARTEN | 5 % | 7 |
| FOSTER | 5 % | 6 |
| SPURON | 5 % | 6 |
| URGEON | 4 % | 6 |
| ASSURE | 3 % | 6 |
| PROD | 2 % | 4 |
| SPUR | 2 % | 4 |
| NURTURE | 1 % | 7 |
| INSPIRE | 1 % | 7 |
| EXHORT | 1 % | 6 |
| REASSURE | 1 % | 8 |
| CHEERON | 1 % | 7 |
| IMPEL | 1 % | 5 |
| COAX | 0 % | 4 |
| CHEER | 0 % | 5 |
| SUSTAIN | 0 % | 7 |
| BOOST | 0 % | 5 |
| EMBOLDEN | 0 % | 8 |
| HELP | 0 % | 4 |
| PUSH | 0 % | 4 |
| INNERVE | 0 % | 7 |
| PROMPT | 0 % | 6 |
| HEN | 0 % | 3 |
| SECOND | 0 % | 6 |
Why may URGE be the right solution?
The word "urge" means to encourage or persuade someone to do something. In this context, "encourage" is a synonym for "urge", making it the right answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Encourage
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- further
- advance
- promote
- boost
- motivating
- hearten
- drive
- encouragement
- incentive
- motivate
- engage
- prompting
Crossword Answer definitions
ABET noun- Fraud or cunning.
- An act of abetting; of helping; of giving aid.
- To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.
- To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime.
- To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action); to maintain.
- To back up one's forecast of a doubtful issue, by staking money, etc., to bet.
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 ABET
- "That's __!" (You're on!)
- Aid nefariously
- Drive the getaway car
- Encourage
- Help a hooligan
- Help in a heist
- Help out
- Help with a heist
- Aid
- Harbor (as a fugitive)
More clues leading to the result EGGON
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More clues leading to the result HEARTEN
More clues leading to the result FOSTER
- ____-Grants
- "Old Folks at Home" composer
- Promote
- Nurture
- "Camptown Races" songwriter
- Encourage
- Promote development
- Cherish
- 1988 Best Actress winner
- Jodie of films
More clues leading to the result SPURON
More clues leading to the result URGEON
More clues leading to the result ASSURE
- Instill confidence in
- Make confident
- Make certain
- Promise
- Guarantee
- Give confidence to
- Put at ease
- Quell concerns
- Allay worry
- Warrant
More clues leading to the result PROD
More clues leading to the result SPUR
- Climber's need
- Boot attachment
- Tim Duncan, e.g.
- Side track
- Tim Duncan, his whole career
- Ridge
- Motivate
- Tim Duncan, notably
- Egg on
- Boot jangler
More clues leading to the result NURTURE
- Encourage
- Support during development
- Cultivate
- Feed and protect
- Foster
- Bring up
- One side of a development debate
- Train.
- Bring up.
- Feed
More clues leading to the result INSPIRE
- Stimulate
- Motivate
- Influence artistically
- Move to act
- Be a muse for
- Emulate a muse
- Fill with confidence
- Fire up
- Fill with enthusiasm
- Bring about
More clues leading to the result EXHORT
- Admonish urgently
- Urge
- Encourage
- Urge on
- Caution earnestly
- Give a pep talk to
- Urge strongly
- Egg on
- Give a halftime speech
- Advise strongly
More clues leading to the result REASSURE
- Instill confidence in
- Give some confidence to
- Buck up
- Promise again
- Give comfort to
- Say "There, there," say
- Restore confidence to
- Calm
- Free from fear.
- Restore confidence to.
More clues leading to the result CHEERON
More clues leading to the result IMPEL
More clues leading to the result COAX
- Cajole
- Sweet-talk
- Wheedle
- Chop together?
- Say "go on, go on"
- Tease (out)
- Try to win over gently
- Urge gently
- Urge on
- Gently persuade
More clues leading to the result CHEER
- "Stay colorful" detergent
- "Who's your daddy!" e.g.
- Encouraging sound
- Merrymaking
- Give a big hand
- Say horray
- Sound at a pep rally
- Root
- College-game chant
- Root in the stands
More clues leading to the result SUSTAIN
- Keep up, as a conversation
- Nourish
- Bear the weight of
- Give heart.
- Corroborate.
- Encourage.
- Keep going.
- Uphold.
- Keep up
- Suffer, as an injury
More clues leading to the result BOOST
- Give a leg up
- Promote
- Battery charge
- Supercharge
- Upward push
- Shot in the 29-Down
- Raise
- Leg up
- Shove up from below
- Increase
More clues leading to the result EMBOLDEN
More clues leading to the result HELP
- "SOS!"
- Beatles film
- PC menu selection
- Fab Four flick
- Go to bat for
- Tech support, e.g.
- Intercede for
- Maids and butlers
- Mayday!
- 1965 Beatles hit
More clues leading to the result PUSH
- Door word
- Try to sell
- Promotional drive
- Sign on a door
- Aggressively market
- Military assault
- Bear upon
- Shove
- Kind of broom
- Word on a door
More clues leading to the result INNERVE
More clues leading to the result PROMPT
More clues leading to the result HEN
- Biddy
- Layer
- __ fruit
- Female pheasant
- Ex-egg, perhaps
- Producer of 44A
- Soup maker?
- Coop biddy
- Female octopus
- Female lobster