Constrain.
The crossword clue "Constrain." is answered by IMPEL, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2003; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
IMPEL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IMPEL answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2003; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- KEEPIN (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for IMPEL
Every other clue in this collection answered by IMPEL, most used first.
- Drive forward - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
- Urge forward - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Drive - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Force - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Push forward - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Urge - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Urge on - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Motivate - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Push - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Spur - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
- Incite to action - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Force forward - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Spur on - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Actuate - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
- Urge to action - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Press on - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Urge onward - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Constrain - LIMIT, used 7 times
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