Driving force
The crossword clue "Driving force" is answered by ENGINE, a 6-letter entry. Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ENGINE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ENGINE answer page.
Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ENGINE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ENGINE, most used first.
- Car part - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Motor - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Locomotive - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
- Gas guzzler - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Search ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Power source - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- "I think I can, I think I can" speaker - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Force - COERCE, used 31 times
- Takes by force - WRESTS, used 21 times
- Force - COMPEL, used 19 times
- Twisting force - TORQUE, used 19 times
- Rotational force - TORQUE, used 15 times
- Takes by force - USURPS, used 12 times
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