Four crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Four” are FIVE, with 4 letters. Below are 27 answers from 3 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

UKE 3 letters · noun

a small guitar having four strings

FIVE 4 letters · noun

the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

GROAT 5 letters · noun

a former English silver coin worth four pennies

TETRAD 6 letters · noun

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

QUARTET 7 letters · noun

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

CARDINAL 8 letters · noun

(Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes

RECTANGLE 9 letters · noun

a parallelogram with four right angles

QUATERNARY 10 letters · noun

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

RECTANGULAR 11 letters · adjective

having four right angles “a rectangular figure twice as long as it is wide”

QUADRILATERAL 13 letters · adjective

having four sides

Telling them apart

With 7 squares, QUARTET, QUARTER, NEWBORN, CHARIOT, UKULELE and PHAETON all fit. The first letter settles most of it: Q → QUARTET, QUARTER · N → NEWBORN · C → CHARIOT · U → UKULELE · P → PHAETON. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 9 squares, RECTANGLE, QUADRUPLE, TESSERACT and QUADRUPED all fit. The first letter settles most of it: R → RECTANGLE · Q → QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPED · T → TESSERACT. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 10 squares, QUATERNARY, QUATERNION, QUADRUPLET, QUATERNITY, QUADRANGLE and QUARTERING all fit. The ninth letter tells them all apart: R → QUATERNARY · O → QUATERNION · E → QUADRUPLET · T → QUATERNITY · L → QUADRANGLE · N → QUARTERING. 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: “fours” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “four” means

• noun: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
• noun: a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips
• adjective: being one more than three

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