The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CHASE , but the solution may also be SEEK which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Pursue crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CHASE | 40 % | 5 |
| SEEK | 21 % | 4 |
| HUNT | 12 % | 4 |
| TRAIL | 5 % | 5 |
| LOOKFOR | 3 % | 7 |
| GOAFTER | 3 % | 7 |
| DOG | 3 % | 3 |
| HOUND | 2 % | 5 |
| GIVECHASE | 2 % | 9 |
| GOINTO | 1 % | 6 |
| SHAG | 1 % | 4 |
| PLY | 1 % | 3 |
| QUESTAFTER | 1 % | 10 |
| WOO | 1 % | 3 |
| ACTON | 1 % | 5 |
| HUNTFOR | 1 % | 7 |
Why may SEEK be the right solution?
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pursue
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- go after
- follow
- act on
- engage
- prosecute
- follow up on
- quest after
- quest for
- pursuit
- chase
- proceed
- try
Crossword Answer definitions
CHASE noun- The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
- A hunt.
- A children's game where one player chases another.
- A large country estate where game may be shot or hunted.
- Anything being chased, especially a vessel in time of war.
- A wild animal that is hunted.
- Any of the guns that fire directly ahead or astern; either a bow chase or stern chase.
- (real tennis) The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the server the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win the point.
- (real tennis) A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive the ball in order to gain a point.
- One or more riders who are ahead of the peloton and trying to join the race or stage leaders.
- To pursue.
- To consume another beverage immediately after drinking hard liquor, typically something better tasting or less harsh such as soda or beer; to use a drink as a chaser
- To attempt to win by scoring the required number of runs in the final innings.
- To swing at a pitch outside of the strike zone, typically an outside pitch
- To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed
- A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing or plate-making.
- A groove cut in an object; a slot: the chase for the quarrel on a crossbow.
- A trench or channel or other encasement structure for encasing (archaically spelled enchasing) drainpipes or wiring; a hollow space in the wall of a building encasing ventilation ducts, chimney flues, wires, cables or plumbing.
- The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.
- The cavity of a mold.
- A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats.
- To groove; indent.
- To place piping or wiring in a groove encased within a wall or floor, or in a hidden space encased by a wall.
- To cut (the thread of a screw).
- To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.
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 CHASE
- Run after
- Chevy of comedy
- Pursue
- Salmon in Lincoln's cabinet
- Lincoln treasury secretary
- Many a scene in the Bourne trilogy
- Early SNL comic
- Action sequence
- Early SNL star
- Cat-and-mouse action
More clues leading to the result SEEK
- Delve into
- Look for
- Search for
- Hunt
- Go for
- Hide's partner
- Participate in a kids' game
- Try to find
- Hunt for
- Go after
More clues leading to the result HUNT
- Peck's partner
- 1997 Oscar winner
- Easter party event
- Go pigsticking
- Easter fun
- Easter event
- First Nations artist Richard ___
- Pursuit
- MIT Mystery ___ (annual puzzle event)
- Go out to eat?
More clues leading to the result TRAIL
- Way into the woods
- Mark of the comics
- Be behind
- Bridle path
- Path
- Path where you might eat gorp
- Visible footsteps
- Sleuth's path
- Bring up the rear
- Appalachian, e.g.
More clues leading to the result LOOKFOR
More clues leading to the result GOAFTER
More clues leading to the result DOG
- Pug or boxer
- Fido, e.g.
- Go after
- Jack Russell, for one
- Odie
- Drug-sniffer, perhaps
- Frequent "Too Cute!" animal
- Pooch
- Follow closely
- Boxer, for one
More clues leading to the result HOUND
- Avid collector
- Borzoi or Basenji
- Pursue relentlessly
- Harass relentlessly
- "The ___ of the Baskervilles"
- See 21-Across
- Afghan or beagle, e.g.
- Baskervilles beast
- Beast of the Baskervilles
- Pursue persistently
More clues leading to the result GIVECHASE
More clues leading to the result GOINTO
- Explore
- Broach, as a topic
- Discuss
- Examine
- Talk about
- Enter
- Discuss, as details
- Pursue
- Enter, as a building
- Broach, as a subject
More clues leading to the result SHAG
- Dance of the '30s
- Moplike 'do
- Type of rug
- '30s dance
- Carpet of the 60's
- Long-fiber rug
- 1930's dance
- Uneven hairdo
- Type of carpet or dance
- Thick carpet
More clues leading to the result PLY
- Use diligently
- Practice
- Two-__ (like some tissue)
- Two-__ (like some tissue)ยท
- Toilet paper unit
- Layer
- Carry on
- Toilet paper layer
- Toilet paper measurement
- Thickness
More clues leading to the result QUESTAFTER
More clues leading to the result WOO
- Court
- Importune
- Attempt to make love (to)
- What suitors do
- Syllable from Curly
- Ask for a hand?
- Butter up, perhaps
- Go courting
- Go for the heart of
- Make a pitch for
More clues leading to the result ACTON
- Respond to, as advice
- Suburb of Boston
- Take the bull by the horns
- Boston suburb
- Follow (advice)
- Carry further
- Middlesex town
- Affect
- Do something about
- "Power tends to corrupt ..." speaker