Have crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Have” are BEAR, LIKE or KNOW, with 4 letters. Below are 90 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

OWN 3 letters · verb

have ownership or possession of “He owns three houses in Florida”

BEAR 4 letters · verb

cause to be born

CAUSE 5 letters · verb

cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

ACCEPT 6 letters · verb

receive willingly something given or offered “Please accept my present”

RECEIVE 7 letters · verb

get something; come into possession of “receive payment”

REMEMBER 8 letters · verb

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection “I can't remember saying any such thing”

STIMULATE 9 letters · verb

cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

EXPERIENCE 10 letters · verb

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

ACCOMMODATE 11 letters · verb

have room for; hold without crowding “This hotel can accommodate 250 guests”

CONCEPTUALIZE 13 letters · verb

have the idea for

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, BEAR, LIKE, KNOW, WANT, NEED and WORK all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: A → BEAR · K → LIKE · O → KNOW · N → WANT · E → NEED · R → WORK. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, CAUSE, THROW, BIRTH, THINK, START and PARTY all fit. The fifth letter tells them all apart: E → CAUSE · W → THROW · H → BIRTH · K → THINK · T → START · Y → PARTY. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, OWN, SAY, CUT, BED, BOX and LIE all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: W → OWN · A → SAY · U → CUT · E → BED · O → BOX · I → LIE. 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: “haves” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “have” means

• verb: have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense (“I have two years left”)
• verb: have as a feature
• verb: go through (mental or physical states or experiences) (“have a feeling”)
• verb: have ownership or possession of (“How many cars does she have?”)

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