All crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “All” are EACH, WELL or HARD, with 4 letters. Below are 53 answers from 3 to 15 letters, best match first in each length, then what each top answer means and how to tell them apart.

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The best answers, explained

NET 3 letters · adjective

remaining after all deductions “net profit”

EACH 4 letters · adjective

(used of count nouns) every one considered individually; quantifier, singular, universal pronoun; quantifier, singular, universal “each person is mortal”

RIGHT 5 letters · adverb

to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely “she felt right at home”

WHOLLY 6 letters · adverb

to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely “he was wholly convinced”

PREMIER 7 letters · adjective

preceding all others in time “the premiere showing”

COMPLETE 8 letters · adjective

perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities “a complete gentleman”

DIFFERENT 9 letters · adjective

differing from all others; not ordinary “advertising that strives continually to be different”

COMPLETELY 10 letters · adverb

to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely “it was completely different from what we expected”

EQUILATERAL 11 letters · adjective

having all sides or faces equal

FRICTIONLESS 12 letters · adjective

lacking all friction “a perpetual motion machine would have to be frictionless”

COMPREHENSIVE 13 letters · adjective

including all or everything “comprehensive coverage”

COMPREHENSIVELY 15 letters · adverb

in an all-inclusive manner

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, EACH, WELL, HARD, OPEN, NONE and SEAR all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: E → EACH · W → WELL · H → HARD · O → OPEN · N → NONE · S → SEAR. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, RIGHT, EVERY, WHOLE, ABOUT and FIRST all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: R → RIGHT · E → EVERY · W → WHOLE · A → ABOUT · F → FIRST. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, WHOLLY, AROUND, ALWAYS, EASILY and HIPPED all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: H → WHOLLY · R → AROUND · L → ALWAYS · A → EASILY · I → HIPPED. Fill in that crossing answer first.

Other forms of this clue

Clues often use another form of the word, and the answer then takes the same form: “alls” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “all” means

• adjective: (quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class (“we sat up all night”)
• adjective: completely given to or absorbed by (“became all attention”)
• adverb: to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely (“the directions were all wrong”)

A clue usually points at one of these senses, so the right answer is the one that matches the sense the puzzle means: check it against the crossing words.

About these answers

We match the clue against our own thesaurus and dictionary (Open English WordNet): words that mean the same as ALL, and words whose definition is ALL. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.