Being crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Being” are CALL, LINK or HEAT, with 4 letters. Below are 141 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

FEE 3 letters · noun

an interest in land capable of being inherited

CALL 4 letters · verb

consider or regard as being “I would not call her beautiful”

PLACE 5 letters · verb

recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something

ACTION 6 letters · noun

the state of being active “he is out of action”

COMPANY 7 letters · noun

the state of being with someone “he missed their company”

ORGANISM 8 letters · noun

a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

EXISTENCE 9 letters · noun

the state or fact of existing “laws in existence for centuries”

DIFFERENCE 10 letters · noun

the quality of being unlike or dissimilar “there are many differences between jazz and rock”

POSSIBILITY 11 letters · noun

capability of existing or happening or being true “there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired”

CHAMPIONSHIP 12 letters · noun

the status of being a champion

CONCENTRATION 13 letters · noun

the spatial property of being crowded together

SUSTAINABILITY 14 letters · noun

the property of being sustainable

CONFIDENTIALITY 15 letters · noun

the state of being secret “you must respect the confidentiality of your client's communications”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, CALL, LINK, HEAT, GAIN, BELL and WISE all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: C → CALL · L → LINK · H → HEAT · G → GAIN · B → BELL · W → WISE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, PLACE, CLEAR, DRIVE, TITLE, DOUBT and BIRTH all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: A → PLACE · E → CLEAR · I → DRIVE · T → TITLE · U → DOUBT · R → BIRTH. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, FEE, TAT and NIP all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: F → FEE · T → TAT · N → NIP. 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: “beings” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “being” means

• noun: the state or fact of existing (“a point of view gradually coming into being”)
• noun: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

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