Care crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Care” are LIKE, DEAL or WISH, with 4 letters. Below are 45 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

AID 3 letters · noun

the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

LIKE 4 letters · verb

to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something “Would you like to come along to the movies?”

WORRY 5 letters · verb

be concerned with “I worry about my grades”

CHARGE 6 letters · noun

attention and management implying responsibility for safety

CONCERN 7 letters · noun

an anxious feeling

TUTELAGE 8 letters · noun

attention and management implying responsibility for safety

ATTENTION 9 letters · noun

the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something “the old car needs constant attention”

PRECAUTION 10 letters · noun

judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger

MAINTENANCE 11 letters · noun

activity involved in maintaining something in good working order

GUARDIANSHIP 12 letters · noun

attention and management implying responsibility for safety

PAEDIATRICIAN 13 letters · noun

a specialist in the care of babies

HOSPITALIZATION 15 letters · noun

placing in medical care in a hospital

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, LIKE, DEAL, WISH, FEAR, NOTE and TEND all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: L → LIKE · D → DEAL · W → WISH · F → FEAR · N → NOTE · T → TEND. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, WORRY, LEAVE, DRESS, GROOM, PLUME and PREEN all fit. The fourth letter tells them all apart: R → WORRY · V → LEAVE · S → DRESS · O → GROOM · M → PLUME · E → PREEN. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, CHARGE, HANDLE, MANAGE, UPKEEP, MOTHER and CLINIC all fit. The fourth letter tells them all apart: R → CHARGE · D → HANDLE · A → MANAGE · E → UPKEEP · H → MOTHER · N → CLINIC. 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 “care” means

• noun: the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something (“no medical care was required”)
• noun: judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger (“he handled the vase with care”)
• noun: an anxious feeling (“care had aged him”)
• noun: a cause for feeling concern (“his major care was the illness of his wife”)

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