The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word MATERNAL , but the solution may also be PRIMAL which is one of the most recent solution (2016 in Washington Post).
Kind of instinct crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MATERNAL | 33 % | 8 |
| GUT | 24 % | 3 |
| BASIC | 14 % | 5 |
| PRIMAL | 10 % | 6 |
| ANIMAL | 10 % | 6 |
| HERD | 10 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Kind of instinct
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- maternal
- survival
- reproductive
- spatial
- social
- socially
- human services
- culturally
- group dynamics
- include
- statist
- sociometric
Crossword Answer definitions
MATERNAL noun- A mother.
- A person related through the mother, or her side of the family; a maternal relative.
- Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother; motherly.
- Related through the mother, or her side of the family.
- Derived from the mother as opposed to the foetus during pregnancy.
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 MATERNAL
- Kind of instinct
- Motherly
- Like the heredity of mitochondrial DNA
- __ instinct
- It may precede "instinct"
- Motherly.
- Of a parent.
- Protective in a way
- Kind of relative
- ___ instinct
More clues leading to the result GUT
- Reaction locale?
- Fishing-line material
- Type of reaction
- Clean a fish
- Reaction source
- Bar habitue's giveaway
- Breadbasket's locale
- Instinctive
- ___ feeling
- Eviscerate
More clues leading to the result BASIC
- Kind of training
- Fundamental
- Nitty-gritty
- Conformist, in slang
- Bare-bones
- Meat-and-potatoes
- Simple
- Computer language
- Like the ABCs
- Like ABCs
More clues leading to the result PRIMAL
- __ scream
- First
- Word before scream or therapy
- Like some screams
- Word before scream or urge
- Original
- Type of scream
- Kind of scream
- Of main importance
- As early as possible
More clues leading to the result ANIMAL
- Kiddie cracker
- Kids' cracker
- Menagerie member
- Pet, usually
- Brute
- Brutish one
- Eric Burdon, in the '60s
- Kind of cracker
- One of the Muppets
- Red Muppet