Far crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Far” are LONG, COLD or HIGH, with 4 letters. Below are 28 answers from 4 to 13 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

LONG 4 letters · adjective

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified “a long life”

RIGHT 5 letters · adjective

being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north “my right hand”

REMOTE 6 letters · adjective

located far away spatially “remote stars”

FURTHER 7 letters · adverb

to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (‘further’ is used more often than ‘farther’ in this abstract sense) “further complicated by uncertainty about the future”

FURTHEST 8 letters · adjective

(comparatives of ‘far’) most remote in space or time or order “explored the furthest reaches of space”

UTTERMOST 9 letters · adjective

(comparatives of ‘far’) most remote in space or time or order

EXTRAORDINARY 13 letters · adjective

far more than usual or expected “an extraordinary desire for approval”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, LONG, COLD, HIGH, DEEP, WIDE and RIPE all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: L → LONG · C → COLD · H → HIGH · D → DEEP · W → WIDE · R → RIPE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, REMOTE, UTMOST, NEARBY, DEEPLY, SINFUL and ASTRAY all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: R → REMOTE · U → UTMOST · N → NEARBY · D → DEEPLY · S → SINFUL · A → ASTRAY. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 7 squares, FURTHER, REMOVED, DISTANT, DELAYED and ASTRIDE all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: R → FURTHER · M → REMOVED · S → DISTANT · L → DELAYED · T → ASTRIDE. 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: “fared” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “far” means

• adverb: to a considerable degree; very much (“a far far better thing that I do”)
• adverb: at or to or from a great distance in space (“he traveled far”)
• adverb: at or to a certain point or degree (“I can only go so far before I have to give up”)
• adverb: remote in time (“if we could see far into the future”)

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