Both crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Both” are SOME, with 4 letters. Below are 13 answers from 4 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

SOME 4 letters · adjective

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity “have some milk”

JOINT 5 letters · adjective

involving both houses of a legislature “a joint session of Congress”

BISEXUAL 8 letters · adjective

sexually attracted to both sexes

BINOCULAR 9 letters · adjective

relating to both eyes “binocular vision”

BIPARTISAN 10 letters · adjective

supported by both sides

ANDROGYNOUS 11 letters · adjective

relating to or exhibiting both female and male sex organs but with a predominantly female appearance

SOCIOCULTURAL 13 letters · adjective

relating to both social and cultural matters

Telling them apart

With 10 squares, BIPARTISAN, LENTICULAR and OMNIVOROUS all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: B → BIPARTISAN · L → LENTICULAR · O → OMNIVOROUS. Fill in that crossing answer first.

What “both” means

• adjective: (used with count nouns) two considered together; the two (“both girls are pretty”)

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