Cat or engine sound
The crossword clue "Cat or engine sound" is answered by PURR, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
PURR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PURR answer page.
Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PURR
Every other clue in this collection answered by PURR, most used first.
- Contented sound - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Sound of contentment - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Run smoothly - used 32 times, most recently in 2021
- Contented cat's sound - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Engine sound - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Kitten's sound - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Happy cat's sound - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Contented cat sound - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Feline sound - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Sound of a happy cat - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Engine noise - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Siamese sound - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
- Sound from a contented cat - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Cat sound - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Sound of a contented cat - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Contented kitty's sound - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Contented murmur - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Copy cats? - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Run smoothly, as an engine - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Smooth engine sound - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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