Force forward

The answer

IMPEL

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IMPEL answer page.

Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• 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
• Constrain. - used 9 times, most recently in 2003
• 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.

• Look forward to - AWAIT, used 159 times
• Units of force - DYNES, used 116 times
• With full force - AMAIN, used 58 times
• Take by force - WREST, used 55 times
• Seize by force - USURP, used 46 times
• Take by force - USURP, used 45 times

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