The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word YEN , but the solution may also be IMPEL which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Urge crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| YEN | 33 % | 3 |
| PROD | 18 % | 4 |
| IMPEL | 11 % | 5 |
| EGGON | 10 % | 5 |
| PRESS | 7 % | 5 |
| EXHORT | 4 % | 6 |
| GOAD | 3 % | 4 |
| SPUR | 3 % | 4 |
| ITCH | 2 % | 4 |
| COAX | 2 % | 4 |
| ABET | 1 % | 4 |
| IMPULSE | 1 % | 7 |
| INCITE | 1 % | 6 |
| TEASE | 1 % | 5 |
| IMPLORE | 1 % | 7 |
| PLEAD | 1 % | 5 |
| XHORT | 1 % | 5 |
| EGG | 1 % | 3 |
Why may COAX be the right solution?
The word "coax" means to persuade or urge someone to do something through gentle and persistent efforts. Therefore, "coax" is an appropriate answer for the clue "urge".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Urge
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- exhort
- recommend
- impulse
- advocate
- itch
- inspire
- press
- cheer
- barrack
- pep up
- urge on
- implore
Crossword Answer definitions
YEN noun- The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.
- A coin or note worth one yen.
- A strong desire, urge, or yearning.
- To have a strong desire for.
- Opium.
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 YEN
- Craving
- Hankering
- Kyoto cash
- Kyoto currency
- Urge
- Desire
- Itch
- Yearning
- The capital of Japan?
- Major global currency unit worth about a penny
More clues leading to the result PROD
More clues leading to the result IMPEL
More clues leading to the result EGGON
More clues leading to the result PRESS
- Fourth estate
- Iron-pumper's rep
- "Meet the ____"
- Get the crease out
- Iron
- A medium
- Get pushy
- Basketball stratagem
- Bench exercise
- Apply force to
More clues leading to the result EXHORT
- Admonish urgently
- Urge
- Encourage
- Urge on
- Caution earnestly
- Give a pep talk to
- Urge strongly
- Egg on
- Give a halftime speech
- Advise strongly
More clues leading to the result GOAD
More clues leading to the result SPUR
- Climber's need
- Boot attachment
- Tim Duncan, e.g.
- Side track
- Tim Duncan, his whole career
- Ridge
- Motivate
- Tim Duncan, notably
- Egg on
- Boot jangler
More clues leading to the result ITCH
- Backscratcher target
- Chicken-pox symptom
- Want to scratch
- What to scratch
- Ivy affliction
- Antsy feeling
- Allergic reaction
- Yen
- Burning desire
- Characteristic of crabs
More clues leading to the result COAX
- Cajole
- Sweet-talk
- Wheedle
- Chop together?
- Say "go on, go on"
- Tease (out)
- Try to win over gently
- Urge gently
- Urge on
- Gently persuade
More clues leading to the result ABET
- "That's __!" (You're on!)
- Aid nefariously
- Drive the getaway car
- Encourage
- Help a hooligan
- Help in a heist
- Help out
- Help with a heist
- Aid
- Harbor (as a fugitive)
More clues leading to the result IMPULSE
- Sudden urge
- See 111 Across
- Sudden desire
- Action stimulus
- Whim
- Reason for some buys
- Instinctual urge
- Driving force
- Kind of purchase
- Sudden thought.
More clues leading to the result INCITE
- Spur, as to riot
- Stir up
- Egg on
- Stir up, as a riot
- Provoke
- Stir
- Agitate, as to riot
- Stimulate
- Fire up
- Act as a catalyst
More clues leading to the result TEASE
More clues leading to the result IMPLORE
More clues leading to the result PLEAD
- Beg
- Respond, as to a charge
- Get down on one's knees
- Make one's case
- Beg and then some
- Entreat
- Supplicate
- Implore
- Tell it to the judge
- Answer a court charge