Family crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Family” are HOME, SEPT or FOLK, with 4 letters. Below are 38 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

MOB 3 letters · noun

a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

HOME 4 letters · noun

a social unit living together “the teacher asked how many people made up his home”

HOUSE 5 letters · noun

a social unit living together “It was a good Christian household”

MENAGE 6 letters · noun

a social unit living together

KINFOLK 7 letters · noun

people descended from a common ancestor

CATEGORY 8 letters · noun

a collection of things sharing a common attribute

HOUSEHOLD 9 letters · noun

a social unit living together “It was a good Christian household”

FELLOWSHIP 10 letters · noun

an association of people who share common beliefs or activities “the church welcomed new members into its fellowship”

MAINTENANCE 11 letters · noun

means of maintenance of a family or group

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, HOME, SEPT, FOLK, NAME, SIDE and ARMS all fit. The first letter settles most of it: H → HOME · S → SEPT, SIDE · F → FOLK · N → NAME · A → ARMS. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, HOUSE, CLASS, CHOIR and SHEIK all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: U → HOUSE · A → CLASS · O → CHOIR · E → SHEIK. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, MOB, KIN and DON all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: M → MOB · K → KIN · D → DON. 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: “families” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “family” means

• noun: a social unit living together (“he moved his family to Virginia”)
• noun: primary social group; parents and children (“he wanted to have a good job before starting a family”)
• noun: a collection of things sharing a common attribute
• noun: people descended from a common ancestor (“his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower”)

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