Food crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Food” are GAME, FAST or FISH, with 4 letters. Below are 73 answers from 3 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

BIT 3 letters · noun

a small amount of solid food; a mouthful “all they had left was a bit of bread”

GAME 4 letters · noun

animal hunted for food or sport

FOUND 5 letters · noun

food and lodging provided in addition to money “they worked for $30 and found”

EATING 6 letters · noun

the act of consuming food

CHICKEN 7 letters · noun

the flesh of a chicken used for food

NUTRIENT 8 letters · noun

any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

CHOCOLATE 9 letters · noun

a food made from roasted ground cacao beans

PERISHABLE 10 letters · noun

food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated

AGRICULTURE 11 letters · noun

the class of people engaged in growing food

SCHOOLMASTER 12 letters · noun

food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, GAME, FAST, FISH, FEED, COOK and MESS all fit. The fourth letter tells them all apart: E → GAME · T → FAST · H → FISH · D → FEED · K → COOK · S → MESS. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, FOUND, BOARD, RANGE, TABLE, SWEET and MOUTH all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: F → FOUND · B → BOARD · R → RANGE · T → TABLE · S → SWEET · M → MOUTH. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, BIT, LEG, JAR, SUP and PEA all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: B → BIT · L → LEG · J → JAR · S → SUP · P → PEA. 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: “foods” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “food” means

• noun: any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
• noun: any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment (“food and drink”)
• noun: anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking

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