Half crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Half” are SPLIT or SHEET, with 5 letters. Below are 16 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

NUT 3 letters · noun

half the width of an em

SPLIT 5 letters · noun

a bottle containing half the usual amount

BETTER 6 letters · adjective

more than half “argued for the better part of an hour”

PARTIAL 7 letters · adjective

constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety “a partial dose”

MAJORITY 8 letters · noun

(elections) more than half of the votes

INCOMPLETE 10 letters · adjective

not complete or total; not completed “an incomplete account of his life”

SEMICIRCULAR 12 letters · adjective

curved into a half circle

Telling them apart

With 6 squares, BETTER, MIDWAY and DROWSY all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: B → BETTER · M → MIDWAY · D → DROWSY. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 7 squares, PARTIAL, TABLOID and UPSTAGE all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: P → PARTIAL · T → TABLOID · U → UPSTAGE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 10 squares, INCOMPLETE, FRACTIONAL and HEMISPHERE all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: I → INCOMPLETE · F → FRACTIONAL · H → HEMISPHERE. 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: “haling” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “half” means

• noun: one of two equal parts of a divisible whole (“half a loaf”)
• noun: one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval
• adjective: consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity (“a half chicken”)
• adjective: partial (“gave me a half smile”)

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