Girl crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Girl” are MISS, MAID or LASS, with 4 letters. Below are 16 answers from 3 to 8 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

DOG 3 letters · noun

a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman “she's a real dog”

MISS 4 letters · noun

a young female

MISSY 5 letters · noun

a young female

MAIDEN 6 letters · noun

an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)

COLLEEN 7 letters · noun

an Irish girl

DAUGHTER 8 letters · noun

a female human offspring “her daughter cared for her in her old age”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, MISS, MAID, LASS, PERI and ROMP all fit. The first letter settles most of it: M → MISS, MAID · L → LASS · P → PERI · R → ROMP. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, MISSY, FILLE and TROOP all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: M → MISSY · F → FILLE · T → TROOP. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, MAIDEN, TOMBOY and LASSIE all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: M → MAIDEN · T → TOMBOY · L → LASSIE. 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: “girls” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “girl” means

• noun: a young female
• noun: a youthful female person (“the baby was a girl”)
• noun: a female human offspring
• noun: a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved (“his girlfriend kicked him out”)

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