The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TENORS , but the solution may also be ALLEGES which is one of the most recent solution (2013 in New York Times).
Purports crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TENORS | 57 % | 6 |
| ALLEGES | 14 % | 7 |
| SAYS | 14 % | 4 |
| DRIFTS | 14 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Purports
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- purpose
- intent
- propose
- spirit
- drift
- aim
- propounds
- purportedly
- alleges
- propound
- pertains
- implies
Crossword Answer definitions
TENORS noun- A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
- A person, instrument or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
- A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.
- The lowest tuned in a ring of bells.
- Tone, as of a conversation.
- Duration; continuance; a state of holding on in a continuous course; general tendency; career.
- The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.
- Time to maturity of a bond.
- Stamp; character; nature.
- An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.
- That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
- A tenor saxophone.
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 TENORS
- Opera heros, often
- Singing parts
- Cohorts of 1 Across
- High-toned fellows?
- Some saxes
- Met heroes, often
- Pavarotti, Domingo, and Carreras
- Carreras and Caruso
- Choir section
- Pavarotti et al.
More clues leading to the result ALLEGES
- Claims
- Charges
- Asserts without proof
- Professes
- Asserts sans proof
- Claims without proof
- States.
- Declares.
- Urges as a reason.
- Asserts.
More clues leading to the result SAYS
- "That ____ it all!"
- "__ who?"
- Vocalizes
- Alleges
- Chances to speak
- Verbalizes
- Simon ___
- "That __ it all!"
- Chimes in
- Simon follower