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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MOTIVE Test the writer’s reason for action (6) The Times Cryptic Mar 21, 2022
6% ELIOT Writer T. S. ___ (5) New York Times Mini Sep 9, 2025
5% SANE Reasonable (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 18, 2025
5% VERBS Action words (5) Eugene Sheffer Oct 17, 2025
5% SNIFF Test a perfume (5) Eugene Sheffer Oct 17, 2025
5% BIDS Actions at Sotheby's (4) Universal Oct 15, 2025
5% SENSEFUL Reasonable (8) Wall Street Journal Oct 13, 2025
5% ASSAY Test for purity (5) Thomas Joseph Oct 13, 2025
5% RACE Speed test (4) Newsday Oct 12, 2025
5% SPUR Incite to action (4) Commuter Oct 9, 2025

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