Course crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Course” are LINE, FORM or PATH, with 4 letters. Below are 74 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

ROW 3 letters · noun

(construction) a layer of masonry

LINE 4 letters · noun

a connected series of events or actions or developments “historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available”

CLASS 5 letters · noun

a body of students who are taught together “early morning classes are always sleepy”

FOLLOW 6 letters · verb

travel along a certain course “follow the road”

PROGRAM 7 letters · noun

an integrated course of academic studies “he was admitted to a new program at the university”

STRAIGHT 8 letters · adverb

in a straight line; in a direct course “the road runs straight”

NATURALLY 9 letters · adverb

as might be expected “naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill”

CURRICULUM 10 letters · noun

an integrated course of academic studies

ORIENTATION 11 letters · noun

a course introducing a new situation or environment

STEEPLECHASE 12 letters · noun

a horse race over an obstructed course

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, LINE, FORM, PATH, FLOW, FEED and HEAD all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: N → LINE · R → FORM · T → PATH · O → FLOW · E → FEED · A → HEAD. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, CLASS, TRACK, GRADE, TREND, POINT and ROUND all fit. The first letter settles most of it: C → CLASS · T → TRACK, TREND · G → GRADE · P → POINT · R → ROUND. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, ROW, WAY, LAP, ERR and YAW all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: R → ROW · W → WAY · L → LAP · E → ERR · Y → YAW. 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: “coursed” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “course” means

• noun: education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings (“he took a course in basket weaving”)
• noun: a connected series of events or actions or developments (“the government took a firm course”)
• noun: general line of orientation (“the river takes a southern course”)
• noun: a mode of action (“if you persist in that course you will surely fail”)

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