The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word MOTIVE which also is the latest solution we found used in Washington Post in 1998.
The reason why crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MOTIVE | 100 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: The reason why
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Crossword Answer definitions
MOTIVE noun- An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting.
- An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
- A limb or other bodily organ that can move.
- Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.
- A motif.
- A motif; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated.
- To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
- Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move
- Relating to motion and/or to its cause
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