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 |
| ASSURES | 6 % | 7 |
| URGES | 6 % | 5 |
| URGESON | 5 % | 7 |
| FOSTERS | 3 % | 7 |
| SPURSON | 3 % | 7 |
| PRODS | 3 % | 5 |
| EMBOLDENS | 3 % | 9 |
| FOMENTS | 2 % | 7 |
| REASSURES | 2 % | 9 |
| CHEERS | 2 % | 6 |
| SUSTAINS | 2 % | 8 |
| ANIMATES | 2 % | 8 |
| AIDS | 2 % | 4 |
| PATS | 2 % | 4 |
| STOKES | 2 % | 6 |
| FEEDS | 2 % | 5 |
| URGES ON | 2 % | 8 |
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 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 URGES
More clues leading to the result URGESON
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 SPURSON
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 EMBOLDENS
More clues leading to the result FOMENTS
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 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 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 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 AIDS
- Assistants
- Helps out
- Lends a hand
- Abets
- Assists
- Lends a hand to
- "The Normal Heart" topic
- Provides support
- Helps
- Facilitates
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 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 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