Fact crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Fact” are BEING, TRUTH or PROSE, with 5 letters. Below are 9 answers from 5 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

BEING 5 letters · noun

the state or fact of existing “a point of view gradually coming into being”

ELECTION 8 letters · noun

the status or fact of being elected “they celebrated his election”

EXISTENCE 9 letters · noun

the state or fact of existing “laws in existence for centuries”

CORRECTNESS 11 letters · noun

conformity to fact or truth

Telling them apart

With 5 squares, BEING, TRUTH and PROSE all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: B → BEING · T → TRUTH · P → PROSE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 9 squares, EXISTENCE, OWNERSHIP, TESTIMONY and RIGHTNESS all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: E → EXISTENCE · O → OWNERSHIP · T → TESTIMONY · R → RIGHTNESS. 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: “facies” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “fact” means

• noun: a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred (“first you must collect all the facts of the case”)
• noun: a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened (“he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts”)
• noun: an event known to have happened or something known to have existed (“your fears have no basis in fact”)
• noun: a concept whose truth can be proved (“scientific hypotheses are not facts”)

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