End crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “End” are DEATH, CLOSE or CEASE, with 5 letters. Below are 61 answers from 3 to 11 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

DIE 3 letters · verb

to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player

LAST 4 letters · noun

the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence “I had to miss the last of the movie”

DEATH 5 letters · noun

a final state

FINISH 6 letters · verb

have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

CLOSING 7 letters · noun

the last section of a communication

TERMINAL 8 letters · noun

either extremity of something that has length “the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix”

REMAINDER 9 letters · noun

a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

CONCLUSION 10 letters · noun

the last section of a communication “in conclusion I want to say …”

DESTRUCTION 11 letters · noun

a final state

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, LAST, STOP, GOAL, HEAD, CLUB and KILL all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: L → LAST · S → STOP · G → GOAL · H → HEAD · C → CLUB · K → KILL. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, DEATH, CLOSE, CEASE, POINT, BREAK and STOCK all fit. The first letter settles most of it: D → DEATH · C → CLOSE, CEASE · P → POINT · B → BREAK · S → STOCK. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, FINISH, PERIOD, DECIDE, SETTLE, FINALE and RECESS all fit. The first letter settles most of it: F → FINISH, FINALE · P → PERIOD · D → DECIDE · S → SETTLE · R → RECESS. 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: “ended” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “end” means

• noun: either extremity of something that has length (“the end of the pier”)
• noun: the point in time at which something ends (“the end of the year”)
• noun: the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence (“the end was exciting”)
• noun: the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it (“the ends justify the means”)

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