Engine hums
The crossword clue "Engine hums" is answered by PURRS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2005. 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
PURRS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PURRS answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Cat sounds - 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.
- Engine - MOTOR, used 64 times
- Engine booster - TURBO, used 28 times
- Engine sound - VROOM, used 13 times
- Internet search engine - YAHOO, used 13 times
- Engine supercharger - TURBO, used 12 times
- Gun, as an engine - REVUP, used 11 times
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