Strongly advised

The answer

URGED

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

Used 11 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2020. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for URGED

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

• Prodded - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Exhorted - used 27 times, most recently in 2022
• Pressed - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Encouraged - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Egged on - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Implored - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Goaded - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Strongly encouraged - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Pressed for - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Tried to persuade - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Goaded on - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• More than suggested - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Pushed - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Pushed for - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Strongly suggested - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Coaxed - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Pushed hard - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Desire strongly - CRAVE, used 12 times
• Denounces strongly - DAMNS, used 11 times
• Have one's heart ___ (desire strongly) - SETON, used 6 times
• Smells strongly - REEKS, used 6 times

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