Based crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Based” are WRONG or BLIND, with 5 letters. Below are 34 answers from 5 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

WRONG 5 letters · adjective

based on or acting or judging in error “it is wrong to think that way”

RACIST 6 letters · adjective

based on racial intolerance “racist remarks”

SETTLED 7 letters · adjective

established or decided beyond dispute or doubt “with details of the wedding settled she could now sleep at night”

SUPPOSED 8 letters · adjective

based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence “the supposed reason for his absence”

SUPPORTED 9 letters · adjective

sustained or maintained by aid (as distinct from physical support) “a club entirely supported by membership dues”

LEGITIMATE 10 letters · adjective

based on known statements or events or conditions

COMPARATIVE 11 letters · adjective

relating to or based on or involving comparison “comparative linguistics”

EXPERIMENTAL 12 letters · adjective

relating to or based on experiment “experimental physics”

TECHNOLOGICAL 13 letters · adjective

based in scientific and industrial progress “a technological civilization”

Telling them apart

With 6 squares, RACIST, GLOSSY and GILDED all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: A → RACIST · L → GLOSSY · I → GILDED. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 7 squares, SETTLED, LOGICAL, DECIMAL, UNSOUND and TENABLE all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: S → SETTLED · L → LOGICAL · D → DECIMAL · U → UNSOUND · T → TENABLE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 8 squares, SUPPOSED, RATIONAL, GEOLOGIC, NOTIONAL and SPECIOUS all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: U → SUPPOSED · A → RATIONAL · E → GEOLOGIC · O → NOTIONAL · P → SPECIOUS. Fill in that crossing answer first.

What “based” means

• adjective: having a base (“firmly based ice”)
• adjective: having a base of operations (often used as a combining form) (“a locally based business”)

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