Try to persuade
The crossword clue "Try to persuade" is answered by URGE, a 4-letter entry. Used 27 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 10 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 27 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 10 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.
- WORKON (4 uses in xd)
- TEMPT (2 uses in xd)
- CHATUP (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for URGE
Every other clue in this collection answered by URGE, most used first.
- Impulse - used 191 times, most recently in 2026
- Exhort - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
- Impel - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Strongly encourage - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Compulsion - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Press for - used 46 times, most recently in 2023
- Strongly recommend - used 42 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
- The munchies, e.g. - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Push for - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Strongly advise - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Try out - TEST, used 242 times
- Try to find - SEEK, used 46 times
- Try for a part - READ, used 39 times
- Second try - REDO, used 35 times
- Try, as a case - HEAR, used 30 times
- "We try harder" company - AVIS, used 29 times
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