Good crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Good” are JUST, WELL or BEST, with 4 letters. Below are 112 answers from 3 to 14 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

OLD 3 letters · adjective

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age “his mother is very old”

JUST 4 letters · adjective

of moral excellence “a just cause”

RIGHT 5 letters · adjective

most suitable or right for a particular purpose “the right time to act”

BETTER 6 letters · adjective

(comparative of ‘good’) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another “You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din”

SERIOUS 7 letters · adjective

appealing to the mind “a serious book”

COMPLETE 8 letters · adjective

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

EFFECTIVE 9 letters · adjective

exerting force or influence “the law is effective immediately”

ACCEPTABLE 10 letters · adjective

worthy of acceptance or satisfactory “acceptable levels of radiation”

RESPECTABLE 11 letters · adjective

deserving of esteem and respect “all respectable companies give guarantees”

SATISFACTORY 12 letters · adjective

giving satisfaction “satisfactory living conditions”

CIRCUMSTANCES 13 letters · noun

a person's financial situation (good or bad) “he found himself in straitened circumstances”

DISCRIMINATING 14 letters · adjective

showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste “the discriminating eye of the connoisseur”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, JUST, WELL, BEST, FULL, NICE and NEAR all fit. The first letter settles most of it: J → JUST · W → WELL · B → BEST · F → FULL · N → NICE, NEAR. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, RIGHT, GREAT, WHITE, CLOSE, SOUND and GREEN all fit. The fourth letter tells them all apart: H → RIGHT · A → GREAT · T → WHITE · S → CLOSE · N → SOUND · E → GREEN. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, OLD, HOT, EYE, EAR and SAP all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: D → OLD · T → HOT · E → EYE · R → EAR · P → SAP. 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: “goods” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “good” means

• adjective: having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified (“good news from the hospital”)
• adjective: having the normally expected amount (“gives good measure”)
• adjective: morally admirable
• adjective: deserving of esteem and respect (“ruined the family's good name”)

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