The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ARDOR , but the solution may also be ARDENCY which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Passion crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ARDOR | 51 % | 5 |
| ZEAL | 26 % | 4 |
| HEAT | 5 % | 4 |
| FERVOR | 5 % | 6 |
| FIRE | 3 % | 4 |
| ARDENCY | 2 % | 7 |
| LOVE | 2 % | 4 |
| RAGE | 1 % | 4 |
| ZEST | 1 % | 4 |
| MANIA | 1 % | 5 |
| IRE | 1 % | 3 |
| LUST | 1 % | 4 |
| ELAN | 1 % | 4 |
| ANGER | 1 % | 5 |
| SONDHEIMMUSICAL | 1 % | 15 |
Why may ARDOR be the right solution?
"ARDOR" is a synonym for intense passion or fervor. In this context, "Passion" is being used to indicate a strong feeling or emotion, making "ARDOR" a fitting answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Passion
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- passionateness
- cacoethes
- love
- rage
- mania
- warmth
- heat
- fervour
- ardor
- fervor
- enthusiast
- eagerness
Crossword Answer definitions
ARDOR noun- Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
- Spirit; enthusiasm; passion.
- Intense heat.
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 ARDOR
- Intense devotion
- Intense feeling
- Strong devotion
- Zeal
- Passion
- Rapture
- Hotness
- Intense passion
- Intensity
- Fervid feeling
More clues leading to the result ZEAL
- Fanaticism
- Fervor
- Passion
- Ardor
- Devotion, and then some
- Enthusiasm
- Evangelism
- Gung-ho feeling
- Pep
- What-it-takes
More clues leading to the result HEAT
- Kind of wave
- Word with dead or prickly
- Miami five
- Miami quintet
- Pressure
- Pressure, slangily
- Summer wave
- Topic in the tropics
- Miami cager
- Olympics preliminary
More clues leading to the result FERVOR
More clues leading to the result FIRE
- "__ at will"
- Can
- Put in a kiln
- Camper's need
- With 57-Across, "atomic" sucking candy that violates building safety codes?
- Let go
- Sack
- Bake, as pottery
- Send packing
- "___ in the hole!"
More clues leading to the result ARDENCY
More clues leading to the result LOVE
- Cherish deeply
- Hold dear
- It meant nothing to Nastase
- Singer Courtney
- Zero, in tennis
- Courtney or Davis
- First word in countless song titles
- Zero, at Wimbledon
- Adoration
- Rom-com subject
More clues leading to the result RAGE
- Blow a gasket
- Explode
- Fury
- Fuss and fume
- Go crazy
- Have a fit of anger
- In thing
- Rant and rave
- Road ___
- Throw a tantrum
More clues leading to the result ZEST
- Love of life
- Pizzazz
- Ebullience
- Liveliness
- Gusto
- Passion
- Piquancy
- Spirited enjoyment
- Part of an orange
- Drink garnish
More clues leading to the result MANIA
- Craze
- Enthusiasm, plus
- Excessive enthusiasm
- Fervor
- It can leave your nails shaped like "squovals," briefly (or ... Beatle fan's condition)
- Nationwide obsession, perhaps
- Bieber phenomenon
- Craziness
- Crazed excitement
- Trudeau-___ (late '60s Canadian political phenomenon)
More clues leading to the result IRE
More clues leading to the result LUST
- Irving Stone's "__ for Life"
- Craving
- Passionate desire
- Deadly sin
- Lasciviousness
- Overpowering passion
- Libidinous yen
- Want only wantonly
- Unseemly want
- Be like a lecher
More clues leading to the result ELAN
More clues leading to the result ANGER
- Fit of temper
- Rage
- Breathe fire into
- Indignation
- Conniption cause
- Get one's dander up
- Provoke
- Tee off
- Possibly racist Depp movie Part II
- Fury