Instinctive ability
The crossword clue "Instinctive ability" is answered by FEEL, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FEEL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FEEL answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for FEEL
Every other clue in this collection answered by FEEL, most used first.
- Sense - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
- Have a hunch - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Touch - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Believe - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Grope - used 15 times, most recently in 2017
- Experience - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Perceive by touch - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Texture - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Intuit - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Vibe - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Examine by touch - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Have the opinion - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Know somehow - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Perceive - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Experience emotion - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Handle - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- "I ___ Pretty" ("West Side Story" song) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Experience with the heart - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Palpate - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Tactile quality - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Instinctive feeling - VIBE, used 6 times
- Lacks the ability to - CANT, used 6 times
- Natural ability - GIFT, used 6 times
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