Book crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Book” are POST, PAGE or LEAF, with 4 letters. Below are 26 answers from 4 to 10 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

POST 4 letters · verb

transfer (entries) from one account book to another

LEGER 5 letters · noun

a record in which commercial accounts are recorded

RECORD 6 letters · noun

a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone “Al Smith used to say, ‘Let's look at the record’”

RESERVE 7 letters · verb

arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance “reserve me a seat on a flight”

BROCHURE 8 letters · noun

a small book usually having a paper cover

PAPERBACK 9 letters · noun

a book with paper covers

MANUSCRIPT 10 letters · noun

handwritten book or document

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, POST, PAGE, LEAF, FLIP, RIFF and TOME all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: S → POST · G → PAGE · A → LEAF · I → FLIP · F → RIFF · M → TOME. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, LEGER, CARRY, BIBLE, THUMB, ATLAS and FLICK all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: L → LEGER · C → CARRY · B → BIBLE · T → THUMB · A → ATLAS · F → FLICK. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, RECORD, VOLUME, SCRIPT, LEDGER, FOLDER and RIFFLE all fit. The fourth letter tells them all apart: O → RECORD · U → VOLUME · I → SCRIPT · G → LEDGER · D → FOLDER · F → RIFFLE. 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: “booing” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “book” means

• noun: a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together) (“I am reading a good book on economics”)
• noun: physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together (“he used a large book as a doorstop”)
• noun: a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone (“his name is in all the record books”)
• noun: a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance

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