Strongly encouraged
The crossword clue "Strongly encouraged" is answered by URGED, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2021. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
URGED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the URGED answer page.
Used 11 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2021. It appears in 8 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.
- MORETHANWELCOME (1 uses in xd)
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 advised - 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.
- Encouraged, with "on" - EGGED, used 24 times
- Desire strongly - CRAVE, used 12 times
- Denounces strongly - DAMNS, used 11 times
- __ on (encouraged) - EGGED, used 8 times
- Have one's heart ___ (desire strongly) - SETON, used 6 times
- Smells strongly - REEKS, used 6 times
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