Group crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Group” are PICK, CORE or CREW, with 4 letters. Below are 83 answers from 3 to 12 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

FEW 3 letters · noun

a small elite group “it was designed for the discriminating few”

PICK 4 letters · verb

select carefully from a group “She finally picked her successor”

ORDER 5 letters · noun

a group of person living under a religious rule “the order of Saint Benedict”

SCHOOL 6 letters · noun

a large group of fish “a school of small glittering fish swam by”

RADICAL 7 letters · noun

(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

DIRECTOR 8 letters · noun

the person who leads a musical group

FOLLOWING 9 letters · noun

a group of followers or enthusiasts

COMMISSION 10 letters · noun

a special group delegated to consider some matter

MAINTENANCE 11 letters · noun

means of maintenance of a family or group

ORGANIZATION 12 letters · noun

a group of people who work together

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, PICK, CORE, CREW, PACK, GANG and RIOT all fit. The third letter settles most of it: C → PICK, PACK · R → CORE · E → CREW · N → GANG · O → RIOT. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, ORDER, FORCE, VALUE, BLOOD, COUNT and ENEMY all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: O → ORDER · F → FORCE · V → VALUE · B → BLOOD · C → COUNT · E → ENEMY. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, FEW, CUT, BAN, POD and KIN all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: F → FEW · C → CUT · B → BAN · P → POD · K → KIN. 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: “grouped” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “group” means

• noun: any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
• noun: (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
• noun: a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse
• verb: arrange into a group or groups (“Can you group these shapes together?”)

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