Car crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Car” are AUTO, FLAT or LIFT, with 4 letters. Below are 26 answers from 3 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

BUS 3 letters · noun

a car that is old and unreliable “the fenders had fallen off that old bus”

AUTO 4 letters · noun

a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

DINER 5 letters · noun

a passenger car where food is served in transit

TOURER 6 letters · noun

large open car seating four with folding top

MACHINE 7 letters · noun

a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

ELECTRIC 8 letters · noun

a car that is powered by electricity

LIMOUSINE 9 letters · noun

large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur

AUTOMOBILE 10 letters · noun

a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, AUTO, FLAT, LIFT, SPIN, JEEP and HEAP all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: A → AUTO · F → FLAT · L → LIFT · S → SPIN · J → JEEP · H → HEAP. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, DINER, RACER and PRANG all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: D → DINER · R → RACER · P → PRANG. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 7 squares, MACHINE, GONDOLA, SERVICE, COMPACT, SLEEPER and FLATBED all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: C → MACHINE · N → GONDOLA · R → SERVICE · M → COMPACT · E → SLEEPER · A → FLATBED. 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: “cared” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “car” means

• noun: a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine (“he needs a car to get to work”)
• noun: a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad (“three cars had jumped the rails”)
• noun: the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant
• noun: where passengers ride up and down (“the car was on the top floor”)

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