Feel crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Feel” are LOOK, FIND or RULE, with 4 letters. Below are 57 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

feel indifferent towards “She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery”

LOOK 4 letters · noun

the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

SENSE 5 letters · verb

perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles

SPIRIT 6 letters · noun

the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

FLAVOUR 7 letters · noun

the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

SCRABBLE 8 letters · verb

feel searchingly

HUMILIATE 9 letters · verb

cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of “He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss”

EXPERIENCE 10 letters · verb

undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind

RECIPROCATE 11 letters · verb

act, feel, or give mutually or in return “We always invite the neighbors and they never reciprocate!”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, LOOK, FIND, RULE, TONE, LIKE and WANT all fit. The first letter settles most of it: L → LOOK, LIKE · F → FIND · R → RULE · T → TONE · W → WANT. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, SENSE, SMELL, TOUCH, RELAX, CHEER and THUMB all fit. The fourth letter tells them all apart: S → SENSE · L → SMELL · C → TOUCH · A → RELAX · E → CHEER · M → THUMB. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, SPIRIT, FINGER, FLAVOR, DESIRE, REGRET and HUMBLE all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: I → SPIRIT · N → FINGER · A → FLAVOR · S → DESIRE · G → REGRET · M → HUMBLE. 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: “feeing” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “feel” means

• verb: undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
• verb: come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds (“I feel that he doesn't like me”)
• verb: perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles
• verb: be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state (“My cold is gone — I feel fine today”)

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