The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DINT , but the solution may also be TOIL which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in LA Times).
Exertion crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DINT | 27 % | 4 |
| TOIL | 24 % | 4 |
| EFFORT | 18 % | 6 |
| STRAIN | 16 % | 6 |
| SWEAT | 4 % | 5 |
| LABOR | 4 % | 5 |
| ELBOWGREASE | 2 % | 11 |
| NISUS | 2 % | 5 |
| WORK | 2 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Exertion
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- effort
- elbow grease
- travail
- sweat
- nisus
- toil
- consuming
- wastage
- depletion
- exhaustion
- attrition
- consumable
Crossword Answer definitions
DINT noun- A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight.
- Force, power; especially in by dint of.
- The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
- To dent.
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 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 TOIL
- Work Hard
- Work like a slave
- Apply elbow grease
- Drudgery
- Grind
- Hard work
- Slave away
- Slog
- Exertion
- Pile on the overtime, e.g.
More clues leading to the result EFFORT
- Earnest attempt
- Industry
- What E may be for
- Physical exertion
- Exertion
- Struggle
- Sincere attempt
- Elbow grease
- Diligence
- Good try
More clues leading to the result STRAIN
- Go beyond the limit
- Air, or pressure
- Overexert
- Exertion
- Considerable effort
- Muscle problem
- Use a sieve
- Variety
- Back problem
- Sports injury
More clues leading to the result SWEAT
- One of a Churchillian quartet
- "No _____!"
- Hard work, metaphorically
- Tears' kin
- Worry excessively
- Have an anxiety attack
- Eccrine gland output
- Sign of stress
- Woodstock's Blood, __ & Tears
- Diaphoresis
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 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 NISUS
- A striving.
- Effort.
- Friend of Euryalus in Aeneid.
- Euryalus' friend in the Aeneid.
- Effort
- Effort or impulse
- Impulse
- Exertion