Become crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Become” are TURN, SUIT or EVEN, with 4 letters. Below are 100 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

ICE 3 letters · verb

cause to become ice or icy “an iced summer drink”

TURN 4 letters · verb

undergo a change or development “The water turned into ice”

BLACK 5 letters · verb

make or become black “The smoke blackened the ceiling”

CHANGE 6 letters · verb

undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature “She changed completely as she grew older”

SURFACE 7 letters · noun

information that has become public “the facts had been brought to the surface”

INCREASE 8 letters · verb

become bigger or greater in amount “The amount of work increased”

BROADCAST 9 letters · verb

cause to become widely known “broadcast the news”

DISTRIBUTE 10 letters · verb

cause to become widely known

PARTICIPATE 11 letters · verb

become a participant; be involved in

DIFFERENTIATE 13 letters · verb

become different during development “cells differentiate”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, TURN, SUIT, EVEN, SHOW, OPEN and FIRE all fit. The first letter settles most of it: T → TURN · S → SUIT, SHOW · E → EVEN · O → OPEN · F → FIRE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, BLACK, LEVEL, CLOSE, CLEAR, BREAK and ROUND all fit. The third letter settles most of it: A → BLACK · V → LEVEL · O → CLOSE · E → CLEAR, BREAK · U → ROUND. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, ICE, DRY, WET, PAL, GUM and GEL all fit. The first letter settles most of it: I → ICE · D → DRY · W → WET · P → PAL · G → GUM, GEL. 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: “becomes” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “become” means

• verb: enter or assume a certain state or condition
• verb: undergo a change or development
• verb: come into existence (“What becomes has duration”)
• verb: enhance the appearance of (“Mourning becomes Electra”)

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