Contented sounds
The crossword clue "Contented sounds" is answered by PURRS, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1965. 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 15 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for PURRS
Every other clue in this collection answered by PURRS, most used first.
- 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
- Cat sounds - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- 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.
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- Haunted house sounds - MOANS, used 33 times
- Horn sounds - TOOTS, used 32 times
- Grating sounds - RASPS, used 29 times
- High-five sounds - SLAPS, used 24 times
- Pig sounds - OINKS, used 23 times
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