Go crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Go” are WORK, LAST or LIVE, with 4 letters. Below are 79 answers from 3 to 10 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

pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life “She died from cancer”

WORK 4 letters · verb

perform as expected when applied “This old radio doesn't work anymore”

START 5 letters · verb

begin or set in motion “I start at eight in the morning”

BECOME 6 letters · verb

enter or assume a certain state or condition

SURVIVE 7 letters · verb

continue to live and avoid dying “These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America”

FUNCTION 8 letters · verb

perform as expected when applied

DISCHARGE 9 letters · verb

go off or discharge

EXPERIENCE 10 letters · verb

go through (mental or physical states or experiences) “experience vertigo”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, WORK, LAST, LIVE, MOVE, TURN and LEAD all fit. The second letter settles most of it: O → WORK, MOVE · A → LAST · I → LIVE · U → TURN · E → LEAD. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, START, BREAK, SOUND, RANGE, OFFER and CRACK all fit. The fourth letter tells them all apart: R → START · A → BREAK · N → SOUND · G → RANGE · E → OFFER · C → CRACK. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, DIE, FIT, DOG, TAG, DIP and WAX all fit. The third letter settles most of it: E → DIE · T → FIT · G → DOG, TAG · P → DIP · X → WAX. 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: “gied” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “go” means

• verb: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically (“How fast does your new car go?”)
• verb: follow a procedure or take a course (“We should go farther in this matter”)
• verb: move away from a place into another direction (“Go away before I start to cry”)
• verb: enter or assume a certain state or condition (“Get going!”)

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