The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SMELLS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2020.
Gets a whiff of crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SMELLS | 71 % | 6 |
| SENSES | 14 % | 6 |
| SNIFFS | 14 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Gets a whiff of
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- senses
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Crossword Answer definitions
SMELLS noun- A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
- The sense that detects odours.
- A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate.
- To sense a smell or smells.
- Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
- (without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink.
- To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.
- To exercise sagacity.
- To detect or perceive; often with out.
- To give heed to.
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 SMELLS
- Bouquets
- Gets a whiff of
- Appears suspicious
- Notices in the kitchen?
- Is suspicious
- Senses, as trouble
- Seems suspicious
- Requires Febreze, maybe
- Kitchen lures
- Kitchen emanations
More clues leading to the result SENSES
- Has a gut feeling
- Hearing and tasting
- Picks up on
- Corporeal quintet
- Biological quintet
- They may be heightened
- Detects
- Just knows
- Intuits
- Quintet important to empiricists