Head crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Head” are MIND, LEAD or PASS, with 4 letters. Below are 59 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

TOP 3 letters · noun

platform surrounding the head of a lower mast

MIND 4 letters · noun

that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason “his mind wandered”

POINT 5 letters · noun

a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer “the point of the arrow was due north”

DIRECT 6 letters · verb

direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

STRAITS 7 letters · noun

a difficult juncture

QUESTION 8 letters · noun

the subject matter at issue “the question of disease merits serious discussion”

PRINCIPAL 9 letters · noun

the educator who has executive authority for a school “she sent unruly pupils to see the principal”

PROMONTORY 10 letters · noun

a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

CAULIFLOWER 11 letters · noun

a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds

DECAPITATION 12 letters · noun

execution by cutting off the victim's head

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, MIND, LEAD, PASS, NOUS, FACE and SKIN all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: M → MIND · L → LEAD · P → PASS · N → NOUS · F → FACE · S → SKIN. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, POINT, CHIEF, BRAIN, GUIDE, STEER and CAPUT all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: O → POINT · H → CHIEF · R → BRAIN · U → GUIDE · T → STEER · A → CAPUT. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, TOP, BOB, DON and NOD all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: T → TOP · B → BOB · D → DON · N → NOD. 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: “headed” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “head” means

• noun: the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains (“he stuck his head out the window”)
• noun: a single domestic animal (“200 head of cattle”)
• noun: that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason (“I couldn't get his words out of my head”)
• noun: a person who is in charge (“the head of the whole operation”)

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