The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word AVOW , but the solution may also be AVER which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Profess crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AVOW | 45 % | 4 |
| AVER | 42 % | 4 |
| CLAIM | 4 % | 5 |
| ALLEGE | 3 % | 6 |
| ASSERT | 3 % | 6 |
| CONTEND | 1 % | 7 |
| VOW | 1 % | 3 |
| PURPORT | 1 % | 7 |
Why may AVER be the right solution?
The word "aver" means to assert or declare something confidently, which is synonymous with professing a belief or opinion.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Profess
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- confess
- concede
- preach
- advocate
- practice
- avow
- demonstrate
- practise
- proclaim
- affirm
- aver
- assert
Crossword Answer definitions
AVOW noun- Avowal
- To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
- To bind or devote by a vow.
- To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.
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 AVOW
- Assert
- Come to terms with
- Declare
- Maintain
- Admit bluntly
- Bluntly declare
- Solemnly swear
- State solemnly
- Admit frankly
- Swear
More clues leading to the result AVER
- State firmly
- Declare
- Maintain
- Say without a doubt
- State
- Swear
- Swear up and down
- Insist
- Say firmly
- State as fact
More clues leading to the result CLAIM
- Forty-niner's stake
- Homesteader's tract
- Prospector's filing
- Type of check
- Contend
- Thing filed with an insurance company
- Cleaners sheet?
- Insurance company filing
- Something staked
- esurance filing
More clues leading to the result ALLEGE
- Claim
- Assert without proof
- Declare without proof
- Make a claim
- Make an accusation
- State
- Purport
- Claim (6)
- State without proof
- Hold without proof
More clues leading to the result ASSERT
- State strongly
- Say with conviction
- State positively
- Mansplainingly proclaim, perhaps
- Proclaim
- Affirm
- Claim as fact
- State
- Declare positively
- Claim
More clues leading to the result CONTEND
More clues leading to the result VOW
- "I do," e.g.
- Declare
- Formal promise
- Oath
- Hero's promise
- Swear
- Promise
- Pledge
- Solemn promise
- "I ___ to Thee, My Country" (Anglican hymn)