Hand crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Hand” are REACH, MANUS or STOCK, with 5 letters. Below are 46 answers from 3 to 13 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

PAW 3 letters · noun

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

DEAL 4 letters · noun

the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time

REACH 5 letters · verb

place into the hands or custody of

SCRIPT 6 letters · noun

something written by hand

PRESENT 7 letters · verb

hand over formally

EXCHANGE 8 letters · verb

hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent “exchange prisoners”

BROADCAST 9 letters · verb

sow over a wide area, especially by hand “broadcast seeds”

AVAILABILITY 12 letters · noun

the quality of being at hand when needed

ACCESSIBILITY 13 letters · noun

the quality of being at hand when needed

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, DEAL, PASS, MITT, POKE and CUFF all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: E → DEAL · A → PASS · I → MITT · O → POKE · U → CUFF. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, REACH, MANUS, STOCK, CARRY, CRAFT and GLOVE all fit. The fifth letter tells them all apart: H → REACH · S → MANUS · K → STOCK · Y → CARRY · T → CRAFT · E → GLOVE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, PAW, SAW and JAB all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: P → PAW · S → SAW · J → JAB. 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: “handed” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “hand” means

• noun: the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb (“he had the hands of a surgeon”)
• noun: a hired laborer on a farm or ranch (“the hired hand fixed the railing”)
• noun: something written by hand (“she recognized his handwriting”)
• noun: ability (“he wanted to try his hand at singing”)

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