Full crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Full” are GOOD, HIGH or WIDE, with 4 letters. Below are 90 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

WAX 3 letters · verb

increase in phase “the moon is waxing”

GOOD 4 letters · adjective

having the normally expected amount “gives good measure”

WHOLE 5 letters · adjective

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete “gave his whole attention”

ENTIRE 6 letters · adjective

constituting the full quantity or extent; complete “an entire town devastated by an earthquake”

STUFFED 7 letters · adjective

filled with something “a stuffed turkey”

COMPLETE 8 letters · adjective

having every necessary or normal part or component or step “a complete meal”

UNTOUCHED 9 letters · adjective

still full “an untouched cocktail in her hand”

OVERLOADED 10 letters · adjective

loaded past capacity

OVERFLOWING 11 letters · adjective

covered with water “an overflowing tub”

INCOMPLETELY 12 letters · adverb

not to a full degree or extent “words incompletely understood”

OVERABUNDANCE 13 letters · noun

the state of being more than full

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, GOOD, HIGH, WIDE, RICH, EVEN and HARD all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: O → GOOD · G → HIGH · D → WIDE · C → RICH · E → EVEN · R → HARD. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, WHOLE, TOTAL, ROUND, HEAVY, BROAD and LADEN all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: W → WHOLE · T → TOTAL · R → ROUND · H → HEAVY · B → BROAD · L → LADEN. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, ENTIRE, FILLED, LOADED, AFLOAT, ROTUND and ACTIVE all fit. The first letter settles most of it: E → ENTIRE · F → FILLED · L → LOADED · A → AFLOAT, ACTIVE · R → ROTUND. 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: “fulled” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “full” means

• adjective: containing as much or as many as is possible or normal (“a full glass”)
• adjective: constituting the full quantity or extent; complete (“gave full attention”)
• adjective: complete in extent or degree and in every particular (“a full game”)
• adjective: filled to satisfaction with food or drink (“a full stomach”)

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