Feel in one's bones

The answer

SENSE

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

Used 15 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 6 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.

• KNOW (5 uses in xd)
• INTUIT (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for SENSE

Every other clue in this collection answered by SENSE, most used first.

• Good judgment - used 135 times, most recently in 2026
• Have a feeling - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
• Feel - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
• Intuit - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Have a hunch - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Meaning - used 56 times, most recently in 2023
• Perceive - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Pick up on - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Taste or touch - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Import - used 38 times, most recently in 2017
• Have an inkling - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Pick up - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Reason - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Sight or smell - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Sight or hearing - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Get the feeling - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Detect - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Feeling - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Taste or smell - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Taste, e.g. - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Touch or taste - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Get a feeling - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Taste, for one - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Awareness. - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
• Brains - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
• Feel intuitively - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Logic - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
• Perception - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Common thing - used 16 times, most recently in 2016
• Just know - used 16 times, most recently in 2011
• Sound judgment - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Sixth __ - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Judgment - used 14 times, most recently in 2012
• Smarts - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• "___ and Sensibility" - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Impression - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Intelligence - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Ninny's lack - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ of humor - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Be aware of - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Gut feeling - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Smell or taste - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Have a feeling about - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Intuition - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Vague perception - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Common ___ - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Common quality? - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Fool's lack - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Hearing or sight - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Sight, for one - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• "The Sixth ___" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Touch, for one - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Feel instinctively - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Feel the presence of - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Have a funny feeling - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• One of five - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Touch, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Become aware of - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• It may be common - used 8 times, most recently in 2004
• Austen title starter - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Feel in the gut - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Hearing, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Hearing or touch - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Horse ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Rationality - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Savvy - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Simpleton's lack - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Smell, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Smell or sight - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Taste or touch, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Common or horse follower - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Get a gut feeling - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Have a premonition of - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Hearing, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Sight or touch - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Smell, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Taste, sight, or hearing - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Touch or smell - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Word after common or horse - used 6 times, most recently in 2017

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.

• On one's toes - ALERT, used 150 times
• Arm bones - ULNAE, used 122 times
• Take as one's own - ADOPT, used 111 times
• Ankle bones - TARSI, used 101 times
• Blow one's top - ERUPT, used 95 times
• Light on one's feet - AGILE, used 84 times

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