House crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “House” are HOME, SIGN or FIRM, with 4 letters. Below are 38 answers from 4 to 11 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

HOME 4 letters · noun

a social unit living together “the teacher asked how many people made up his home”

DRIVE 5 letters · noun

a road leading up to a private house “they parked in the driveway”

FAMILY 6 letters · noun

a social unit living together “he moved his family to Virginia”

THEATRE 7 letters · noun

a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented

PAINTING 8 letters · noun

the occupation of a house painter “house painting was the only craft he knew”

RESIDENCE 9 letters · noun

the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president) “he refused to live in the governor's residence”

REDECORATE 10 letters · verb

redo the decoration of an apartment or house

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, HOME, SIGN, FIRM, HALL, STUD and REDO all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: M → HOME · G → SIGN · R → FIRM · L → HALL · U → STUD · D → REDO. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, DRIVE, CLEAN, VILLA, MADAM, MANSE and DACHA all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: I → DRIVE · E → CLEAN · L → VILLA · D → MADAM · N → MANSE · C → DACHA. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, FAMILY, MENAGE, CHURCH, GARDEN, INVITE and BETHEL all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: F → FAMILY · M → MENAGE · C → CHURCH · G → GARDEN · I → INVITE · B → BETHEL. 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: “housed” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “house” means

• noun: a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families (“he has a house on Cape Cod”)
• noun: the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments (“he worked for a brokerage house”)
• noun: the members of a religious community living together
• noun: the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema (“the house applauded”)

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