The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ABETS , but the solution may also be URGES ON which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Encourages crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ABETS | 30 % | 5 |
| EGGSON | 18 % | 6 |
| HEARTENS | 8 % | 8 |
| URGES | 6 % | 5 |
| ASSURES | 6 % | 7 |
| URGESON | 5 % | 7 |
| PRODS | 3 % | 5 |
| FOSTERS | 3 % | 7 |
| EMBOLDENS | 3 % | 9 |
| SPURSON | 3 % | 7 |
| SUSTAINS | 2 % | 8 |
| STOKES | 2 % | 6 |
| REASSURES | 2 % | 9 |
| URGES ON | 2 % | 8 |
| ANIMATES | 2 % | 8 |
| CHEERS | 2 % | 6 |
| PATS | 2 % | 4 |
| FOMENTS | 2 % | 7 |
| FEEDS | 2 % | 5 |
| AIDS | 2 % | 4 |
Why may URGES-ON be the right solution?
"Encourages" is a verb that means to inspire or motivate someone to do something. "Urges on" is a phrasal verb that means to strongly encourage or push someone to take action. Therefore, "Urges on" is the right solution as it directly relates to the clue "Encourages."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Encourages
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- further
- advance
- promote
- boost
- abets
- abetting
- advocated
- advocates
- allows
- animates
- appeals
- asks
Crossword Answer definitions
ABETS 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 ABETS
- Drives the getaway car
- Drives the getaway car, perhaps
- Gives a hand
- Assists, as with a prison escape
- Helps by distracting the cops during a heist, perhaps
- Disables a security camera, perhaps
- Sets up crimes
- Acts the accomplice
- Lends a hand
- Helps in wrongdoing
More clues leading to the result EGGSON
More clues leading to the result HEARTENS
More clues leading to the result URGES
More clues leading to the result ASSURES
- Guarantees
- Gives confidence to
- Frees from all doubt
- Convinces
- Leaves no doubt about
- Sees to
- Makes certain of
- Makes certain
- Ices
- Puts at ease
More clues leading to the result URGESON
More clues leading to the result PRODS
- Stimulates
- Tries to motivate
- "Get going" jabs
- Urges on
- Elbows
- Spurs to action
- Gives a poke to
- Digs into
- Goads
- Cattle zappers
More clues leading to the result FOSTERS
- Promotes the development of
- *Engenders
- Australian brew
- Encourages
- Dulles and others.
- Supports
- Stephen and Phil
- Promotes
- Australian beer brand
- "Australian for Beer" brand
More clues leading to the result EMBOLDENS
More clues leading to the result SPURSON
More clues leading to the result SUSTAINS
- Suffers, as an injury
- Keeps up
- Keeps going
- Keeps up.
- Encourages.
- Prolongs.
- Upholds a lawyer's objection
- Gives strength to
More clues leading to the result STOKES
- Keeps the fire burning
- Adds fuel to
- Feeds a furnace
- Fuels
- Feeds
- Stirs up
- Makes hotter, in a way
- Tends, as a fire
- Fires up
- Stirs up, as a fire
More clues leading to the result REASSURES
- Eases tensions
- Pats on the back, perhaps
- Comforts
- Encourages.
- Restored confidence.
- Heartens
- Gives new confidence to
More clues leading to the result URGES ON
More clues leading to the result ANIMATES
- Does some video game work
- Fills with life
- Works for Studio Ghibli, say
- Vitalizes
- Encourages
- Brings life to
- Makes a Minnie series?
- Gets moving
- Inspirits.
- Draws, as for TV commercials.
More clues leading to the result CHEERS
- Bar "where everybody knows your name"
- Hit TV show
- Walk-off homer response
- Boston-based sitcom
- Hoots and hollers
- Plain toast
- Encouraging cries
- "Here's to you!"
- Fictional bar
- Popular toast
More clues leading to the result PATS
- Butter measures
- Butter portions
- Caresses gently
- Margarine servings
- NFL team that plays in The Razor, briefly
- Spygate team, for short
- Foxboro bunch
- Brady and Moss, e.g.
- N.E. eleven
- Light touches
More clues leading to the result FOMENTS
More clues leading to the result FEEDS
- Ministers to
- Nourishes
- Satellite broadcasts
- Serves supper to
- Stokes
- Serves a meal to
- Serves sustenance to
- Provides nourishment
- Adds fuel to
- Data update mechanisms