"The Little Engine That __" Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue "The Little Engine That ___" featured in New York Times puzzle on January 13, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is COULD.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% COULD "The Little Engine That ___" (5) New York Times Jan 13, 2026
78% CAN Little Engine verb (3)
78% CHUG Little engine effort (4)
69% ITHINKICAN The Little Engine That Could's motto (10) Universal Aug 28, 2024
69% ICAN End of the Little Engine's chant (4) Newsday Jun 12, 2016
62% INTELLIGENT Clever little engine almost crashes (11)
62% CHUGS Sounds from the little engine that could (5)
62% VINDIESEL "The Little Engine That Could" as read by actor ___ (9)
62% CHOOCHOOSTRAIN What the Little Engine That Could experienced? (14)
52% CREOSOTE Scooter working after injection of a little engine oil (8)

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"The Little Engine That __" Crossword Clue
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