The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DOPES which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Uses performance-enhancing drugs crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DOPES | 100 % | 5 |
Why may DOPES be the right solution?
"DOPES" is a verb that means "administers drugs to; drugged". In the context of the clue, it implies that the person is taking performance-enhancing drugs to enhance their athletic performance.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Uses performance-enhancing drugs
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- doped
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- pharmacology
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- freak
- high
- use
- benchmarking
- marketing
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- potentiate
Crossword Answer definitions
DOPES noun- Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- An absorbent material used to hold a liquid.
- Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc.
- Any illicit or narcotic drug that produces euphoria or satisfies an addiction; particularly heroin.
- Information, usually from an inside source, originally in horse racing and other sports.
- (fireams) Ballistic data on previously fired rounds, used to calculate the required hold over a target.
- A stupid person.
- Dessert topping.
- To affect with drugs.
- To treat with dope (lubricant, etc.).
- To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon).
- To use drugs; especially, to use prohibited performance-enhancing drugs in sporting competitions.
- To judge or guess; to predict the result of.
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