Hard-to-resist impulse
The crossword clue "Hard-to-resist impulse" is answered by URGE, a 4-letter entry. Used 21 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2015. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
URGE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the URGE answer page.
Used 21 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2015. It appears in 6 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
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.
- Hard to find - RARE, used 196 times
- Work hard - TOIL, used 183 times
- Working hard - ATIT, used 149 times
- Hard work - TOIL, used 73 times
- Hard to come by - RARE, used 67 times
- Study hard - CRAM, used 53 times
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