Cat sounds
The crossword clue "Cat sounds" is answered by PURRS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PURRS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PURRS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 5 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.
- MIAOWS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for PURRS
Every other clue in this collection answered by PURRS, most used first.
- Contented sounds - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Runs smoothly - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Contented cat sounds - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Runs smoothly, as an engine - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Engine hums - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Musical sounds - TONES, used 60 times
- Cat-___-tails - ONINE, used 55 times
- Cat calls - MEOWS, used 37 times
- Alice's cat - DINAH, used 35 times
- Haunted house sounds - MOANS, used 33 times
- Horn sounds - TOOTS, used 32 times
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