The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ENTICES , but the solution may also be BAITS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Lures crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ENTICES | 35 % | 7 |
| BAITS | 19 % | 5 |
| TEMPTS | 10 % | 6 |
| DECOYS | 6 % | 6 |
| ROPESIN | 6 % | 7 |
| ATTRACTS | 6 % | 8 |
| COMEONS | 4 % | 7 |
| SEDUCES | 3 % | 7 |
| DRAWS | 1 % | 5 |
| WILES | 1 % | 5 |
| SIRENS | 1 % | 6 |
| DRYFLIES | 1 % | 8 |
| DRAWSIN | 1 % | 7 |
| ENTICEMENTS | 1 % | 11 |
| TEASERS | 1 % | 7 |
Why may BAITS be the right solution?
The word "BAITS" is synonymous with "lures" as both refer to something used to attract or entice someone or something.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Lures
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- enticement
- tempt
- entice
- come-on
- decoy
- hook
- sweetener
- bait
- attractions
- attracts
- baits
- decoys
Crossword Answer definitions
ENTICES verb- To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
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 ENTICES
- Lures
- Leads on
- Sweet-talks
- Holds out a carrot to
- Baits the hook
- Draws in
- Plays the temptress
- Dangles a carrot in front of
- Baits
- Lures on
More clues leading to the result BAITS
- Prepares the hook
- Sets a trap
- Teases
- Lures
- Puts on the line
- Enticements
- Badgers or goads
- Tries to get a rise out of
- Pushes the buttons of, say
- Prepares a fishing line
More clues leading to the result TEMPTS
- Dangles a carrot
- Entices
- Plays the siren
- Makes an offer that's hard to refuse
- Tantalizes
- Seduces
- Lures
- Dangles a carrot in front of
- Whets the appetite
- Leads astray, perhaps
More clues leading to the result DECOYS
- Shills
- Misleading attractions
- Fake ducks
- Fakes
- Smoke screens
- Lures
- Red herrings, perhaps
- Duck hunter's bagful
- Fake drakes
- Enticements
More clues leading to the result ROPESIN
- Recruits successfully, perhaps
- Corrals
- Lures deceptively
- Lures
- Sets up for a scam
- Entices
- Lures by phishing, say
- Bamboozles
- Snags, so to speak
- Snares
More clues leading to the result ATTRACTS
- Draws in
- Is magnetic
- Has some pull
- Draws, in a way
- Lures
- Draws
- Beckons
- Acts like an opposite?
- Pulls in
- Draws, as a magnet
More clues leading to the result COMEONS
More clues leading to the result SEDUCES
- Entices
- Puts the moves on successfully
- Emulates Don Juan
- Lures into sin, perhaps
- Disarms, in a way
- Makes like a siren
- Leads astray
- Beguiles
- Lures
- Leads astray.
More clues leading to the result DRAWS
- Ticket-sales boosters
- Doesn't stand pat
- Makes a cartoon
- Main attractions
- Doodles, maybe
- Attractions
- Box office boosters
- Sketches
- Attracts
- Creates comic strips
More clues leading to the result WILES
- Beguiling behavior
- Cunning ways
- British mathematician who proved Fermat's last theorem
- Trickery
- Cunning
- Charms
- Bits of cunning
- Arts
- Trickery arsenal
- Sneaky stratagems
More clues leading to the result SIRENS
- Minx
- Warnings
- Police action?
- Sounds of the city
- Alarmists?
- Odyssey threats
- Temptresses
- High-speed-chase sounds
- Argonauts' lurers
- Game-show sounds