The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ROTE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2025.
Mechanical memorization crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ROTE | 100 % | 4 |
Why may ROTE be the right solution?
"Rote" refers to a mechanical or repetitive way of learning or memorizing information without understanding it deeply. This fits the clue "Mechanical memorization" perfectly.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Mechanical memorization
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- rote learning
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Crossword Answer definitions
ROTE noun- Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure.
- To go out by rotation or succession; to rotate.
- To learn or repeat by rote.
- By repetition or practice.
- The roar of the surf; the sound of waves breaking on the shore.
- A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
- Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other.
- (with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people; the populace, vulgar.
- A group of people united or at least characterised by a common interest.
- (now dialectal) A fiddle.
- An archaic stringed instrument associated particularly with Wales, though once played widely in Europe, and characterized by a vaulted back and enough space for the player to stop each of the six strings on the fingerboard.
- A kind of guitar, the notes of which were produced by a small wheel or wheel-like arrangement; an instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.
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