The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PURGE , but the solution may also be SMELT which is one of the most recent solution (2017 in New York Times).
Rid of impurities crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PURGE | 60 % | 5 |
| SMELT | 20 % | 5 |
| FILTERED | 20 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Rid of impurities
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- purge
- clean
- cleaned
- purification
- purified
- purify
- purifying
- cleanse
- clear
- cleared
- clean up
- decontaminate
Crossword Answer definitions
PURGE noun- An act of purging.
- An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
- A cleansing of pipes.
- A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
- That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
- To clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities.
- To free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
- To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
- To void or evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
- To cause someone to purge, operate on (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner.
- To clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
- To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
- To become pure, as by clarification.
- To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
- To trim, dress or prune.
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 PURGE
- Remove from office, soviet-style
- Remove, Soviet-style
- Get rid of
- Prove cathartic
- Eliminate, as undesirables
- Stalinesque sweep
- Political housecleaning
- Political ouster
- Cleanse thoroughly
- Free of guilt
More clues leading to the result SMELT
- Cold-water catch
- Fuse, as ore
- Silvery fish
- Grunion relative
- Small, slender fish
- Make bronze
- Refine, as ore
- Process, as ore
- Refine ore
- Make aluminum