Crossword-Solution: PURR 4 letters, 286 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 6

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Word Word Type Definition
Purr v. i. & t. To murmur as a cat. See Pur.
Purr n. The low murmuring sound made by a cat; pur. See Pur.

We have 286 clues for the answer “PURR”

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"I am VERY happy you gave me this catnip" 1 answer
"I'm happy" in Siamese? 1 answer
"I'm happy" in the Siamese? 1 answer
"Keep petting me, human!" 1 answer
"That feels good" in Siamese? 1 answer
"___ myself to sleep . . . ": Twain 1 answer
(Keep scratching my chin, human!) 1 answer
(Thanks for rubbing my belly!) 1 answer
Sound made by a contented cat 1 answer
Abyssinian "aah" 1 answer
Abyssinian approval 1 answer
Abyssinian's sound 1 answer
Act catty? 1 answer
Car or cat sound 1 answer
Cat "aah!" 1 answer
Cat nap sound 1 answer
Cat noise 1 answer
Cat noise whose purpose isn't fully understood by scientists 1 answer
Cat or engine sound 1 answer
Cat or motor sound 1 answer
Cat song. 1 answer
Sound of feline contentment 1 answer
Cat's "Thanks for petting me" 1 answer
Cat's contented sound 1 answer
Cat's joyful sound 1 answer
Cat's murmur 1 answer
Cat's rumble 1 answer
Cat's sound of contentment 1 answer
Cat's sound of self-relaxation 1 answer
Catlike comment 1 answer
Catnap noise 1 answer
Content cat sound 1 answer
Content cat's sound 1 answer
Contented cat sound 1 answer
Contented cat's comment 1 answer
Contented cat's communication 1 answer
Contented cat's sound 1 answer
Contented feline's sound 1 answer
Contented kitten's sound 1 answer
Contented kitty sound 1 answer
Contented kitty's sound 1 answer
Contented murmur 1 answer
Contented pet's sound 1 answer
Contented rumble 1 answer
Contented sound for a cat (or a kangaroo, it turns out) 1 answer
Contented sound of cat 1 answer
Contented tabby sound 1 answer
Contentment indicator 1 answer
Desirable engine sound 1 answer
Soft vibrating noise from a feline 1 answer
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EARET
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PURR (5)

Their prodigious bounds and the shrill, screeching purr of their uncanny mouths were well calculated to confuse and terrorize their prey, so that as two of them leaped simultaneously from either side, the mighty sweep of those awful tails met with no resistance and two more green Martians went down to an ignoble death.
The Gods of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993
The incessant hum of the jungle—the rustling of millions of leaves—the buzz of insects—the voices of the birds and monkeys seemed blended into a strangely soothing purr, as though he lay apart, far from the myriad life whose sounds came to him only as a blurred echo.
Tarzan of the Apes Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993
Unhesitatingly, he stepped into the tangle of branches close to the panther’s side, still voicing his friendly and conciliatory purr.
The Beasts of Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993
Number Ten was grinning broadly, while Number Three advanced cautiously toward one of the creatures, making a low guttural noise, that could only be interpreted as peaceful and conciliatory—more like a feline purr it was than anything else.
The Monster Men Edgar Rice Burroughs 1994
The cat who lived on the premises, preferring to be dirty rather than to be wet, had got into the coal scuttle, and over its rim watched her sleepily with a long, complacent purr.
McTeague Frank Norris 2006

Quotes with PURR (3)

To err is human, to purr is feline.
Robert Byrne The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said
I could hear the knock and whistle of the water pipes, the purr of the calico cat. And at that moment a happiness filled me that was pure and perfect and yet it was bled with despair - as if I had been handed a cup of ambrosial nectar to drink from and knew that once I finished drinking, the cup would be withdrawn forever, and nothing to come would ever taste as good.
David Leavitt While England Sleeps
Spilling a Secret What its size, will have varying consequences. It’s not possible to predict what will happen if you open the gunnysack, let the cat escape. A liberated feline might purr on your lap, or it might scratch your eyes out. You can’t tell until you loosen the knot. Do you chance losing a friendship, if that friend’s well-being will only be preserved by betraying sworn-to silence trust? Once the seam is ripped, can it be mended again? And if that proves impossible,…
Ellen Hopkins Triangles
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, The Atlantic, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 403 times in crossword archives (1944–2025).