Area crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Area” are FIELD, ARENA or ORBIT, with 5 letters. Below are 80 answers from 3 to 13 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

LAP 3 letters · noun

an area of control or responsibility “the job fell right in my lap”

DARK 4 letters · noun

an unilluminated area “he moved off into the darkness”

FIELD 5 letters · noun

a particular environment or walk of life

REGION 6 letters · noun

a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve “in the abdominal region”

COUNTRY 7 letters · noun

a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography) “Bible country”

PROPERTY 8 letters · noun

any area set aside for a particular purpose “the president was concerned about the property across from the White House”

TERRITORY 9 letters · noun

an area of knowledge or interest “his questions covered a lot of territory”

HINTERLAND 10 letters · noun

a remote and undeveloped area

ENVIRONMENT 11 letters · noun

the area in which something exists or lives

SURROUNDINGS 12 letters · noun

the area in which something exists or lives

CIRCUMFERENCE 13 letters · noun

the boundary line encompassing an area or object “he had walked the full circumference of his land”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, DARK, HALL, EDGE, BUSH, VOID and DALE all fit. The first letter settles most of it: D → DARK, DALE · H → HALL · E → EDGE · B → BUSH · V → VOID. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, FIELD, ARENA, ORBIT, PLACE, LIGHT and SPACE all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: F → FIELD · A → ARENA · O → ORBIT · P → PLACE · L → LIGHT · S → SPACE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, REGION, DOMAIN, SPHERE, ISLAND, CORNER and SHADOW all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: G → REGION · M → DOMAIN · H → SPHERE · L → ISLAND · R → CORNER · A → SHADOW. 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: “areas” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “area” means

• noun: a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography) (“it was a mountainous area”)
• noun: a subject of study (“it was his area of specialization”)
• noun: a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
• noun: a particular environment or walk of life (“it was a closed area of employment”)

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 AREA, and words whose definition is AREA. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.