Country crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Country” are STATE, VILLA or WEALD, with 5 letters. Below are 31 answers from 4 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

AREA 4 letters · noun

a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography) “it was a mountainous area”

STATE 5 letters · noun

a politically organized body of people under a single government “the state has elected a new president”

NATION 6 letters · noun

a politically organized body of people under a single government “African nations”

TRAITOR 7 letters · noun

someone who betrays their country by committing treason

AVIATION 8 letters · noun

the aggregation of a country's military aircraft

ISOLATION 9 letters · noun

a country's withdrawal from international politics “he opposed a policy of American isolation”

PROVINCIAL 10 letters · noun

a country person

COMMONWEALTH 12 letters · noun

a politically organized body of people under a single government

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, AREA, LAND and WOLD all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: A → AREA · L → LAND · W → WOLD. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, STATE, VILLA, WEALD and DACHA all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: S → STATE · V → VILLA · W → WEALD · D → DACHA. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, NATION, IMPORT, CANTON, RUSTIC, SQUIRE and BARRIO all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: N → NATION · I → IMPORT · C → CANTON · R → RUSTIC · S → SQUIRE · B → BARRIO. 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: “countries” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “country” means

• noun: a politically organized body of people under a single government (“the country's largest manufacturer”)
• noun: the territory occupied by a nation
• noun: the people who live in a nation or country (“the whole country worshipped him”)
• noun: an area outside of cities and towns (“his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country”)

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