Can crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Can” are JOHN, FIRE or SEAT, with 4 letters. Below are 81 answers from 3 to 12 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

POT 3 letters · noun

a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

JOHN 4 letters · noun

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

STERN 5 letters · noun

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

BEHIND 6 letters · noun

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

DISMISS 7 letters · verb

terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

BATHROOM 8 letters · noun

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

TERMINATE 9 letters · verb

terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position “The company terminated 25% of its workers”

EYEWITNESS 10 letters · noun

a spectator who can describe what happened

DISTURBANCE 11 letters · noun

electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

HINDQUARTERS 12 letters · noun

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, JOHN, FIRE, SEAT, REAR, TAIL and SACK all fit. The fourth letter tells them all apart: N → JOHN · E → FIRE · T → SEAT · R → REAR · L → TAIL · K → SACK. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, STERN, STOOL, FANNY, PRIVY, POTTY and RANGE all fit. The fourth letter tells them all apart: R → STERN · O → STOOL · N → FANNY · V → PRIVY · T → POTTY · G → RANGE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, POT, TIN, BUM, LAV and KEN all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: P → POT · T → TIN · B → BUM · L → LAV · K → KEN. 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: “caned” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “can” means

• noun: airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
• noun: the quantity contained in a can
• noun: a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
• noun: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

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