Basic impulse

The answer

URGE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the URGE answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for URGE

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

• Impulse - used 191 times, most recently in 2026
• Egg on - used 170 times, most recently in 2026
• Craving - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
• Desire - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
• Exhort - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
• Hankering - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
• Strong desire - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
• Incite - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
• Yen - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• Encourage - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
• Press - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
• Prod - used 63 times, most recently in 2024
• Impel - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Strongly encourage - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Spur on - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Compulsion - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Press for - used 46 times, most recently in 2023
• Push - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Strongly recommend - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Drive - used 38 times, most recently in 2023
• Implore - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Advocate - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Goad - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• More than suggest - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
• Strong impulse - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Strongly suggest - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Itch - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Longing - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Sudden impulse - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• The munchies, e.g. - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
• Push for - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Strong craving - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Importune - used 27 times, most recently in 2014
• Strongly advise - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Try to persuade - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
• Lobby for - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
• Sudden desire - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Suggest strongly - used 24 times, most recently in 2021
• Primal impulse - used 23 times, most recently in 2021
• Hard-to-resist impulse - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Try to convince - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Spur - used 19 times, most recently in 2014
• Twist the arm of - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
• Driving force - used 17 times, most recently in 2012
• Prompt - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Do some arm-twisting - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Yearning - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Hard-to-ignore impulse - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Inner drive - used 14 times, most recently in 2009
• Advise strongly - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
• Press on - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
• Coax - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Entreat - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Primal desire - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Force onward - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
• Advocate strongly - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Beseech - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Force along - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Cajole - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Persuade - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Plead with - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Powerful impulse - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Push along - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Stimulate - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Wanderlust, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Advocate forcefully - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Argue for - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Encourage heartily - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Encourage strongly - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Give a little push - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• It may be irresistible - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Attempt to persuade - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Hard-to-resist feeling - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Inclination - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Lobby - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• More than just suggest - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• More than recommend - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Motivate - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Pressure - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Prod on - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Strong feeling - 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.

• Basic idea - GIST, used 43 times
• Basic French verb - ETRE, used 41 times
• Impulse carrier - AXON, used 27 times
• Impulse transmitter - AXON, used 22 times
• Basic unit of matter - ATOM, used 21 times
• Sudden impulse - WHIM, used 20 times

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