Enough crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Enough” are SCORE, FROST or NEEDY, with 5 letters. Below are 25 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

SHOT 4 letters · noun

a blow hard enough to cause injury “he is still recovering from a shot to his leg”

SCORE 5 letters · noun

a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation “settling a score”

PLENTY 6 letters · adverb

as much as necessary “I've had plenty, thanks (‘plenty’ is nonstandard)”

WALKING 7 letters · adjective

close enough to be walked to “walking distance”

ADEQUATE 8 letters · adjective

sufficient for the purpose “an adequate income”

GRIEVANCE 9 letters · noun

a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation

SUFFICIENT 10 letters · adjective

of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant “sufficient food”

SUFFICIENCY 11 letters · noun

an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose “there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country”

IMPOVERISHED 12 letters · adjective

poor enough to need help from others

Telling them apart

With 5 squares, SCORE, FROST and NEEDY all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: S → SCORE · F → FROST · N → NEEDY. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, PLENTY, DOUBLE, FREEZE, GRUDGE and DAZZLE all fit. The fourth letter tells them all apart: N → PLENTY · B → DOUBLE · E → FREEZE · D → GRUDGE · Z → DAZZLE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 7 squares, WALKING, STOCKED and PINCHED all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: W → WALKING · S → STOCKED · P → PINCHED. 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: “enoughs” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “enough” means

• adjective: sufficient for the purpose (“enough food”)
• noun: an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose (“enough is as good as a feast”)
• adverb: as much as necessary (“have I eaten enough?”)

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