In crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “In” are LIKE, SOME or ALSO, with 4 letters. Below are 156 answers from 3 to 15 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

ONE 3 letters · adjective

indefinite in time or position “he will come one day”

LIKE 4 letters · adjective

resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination “suits of like design”

ABOUT 5 letters · adverb

in the area or vicinity “a few spectators standing about”

REALLY 6 letters · adverb

in accordance with truth or fact or reality “they don't really listen to us”

STYLISH 7 letters · adjective

having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress “a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey”

ACTUALLY 8 letters · adverb

in actual fact “to be nominally but not actually independent”

IMPORTANT 9 letters · adjective

important in effect or meaning

SUCCESSFUL 10 letters · adjective

having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome “a successful architect”

FASHIONABLE 11 letters · adjective

being or in accordance with current social fashions “fashionable clothing”

PROFESSIONAL 12 letters · adjective

engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood “the professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications”

SIGNIFICANTLY 13 letters · adverb

in a statistically significant way “the two groups differed significantly”

PROFESSIONALLY 14 letters · adverb

in a professional manner “professionally trained staff”

CONFIDENTIALITY 15 letters · noun

discretion in keeping secret information

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, LIKE, SOME, ALSO, GOOD, ONLY and THEN all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: L → LIKE · S → SOME · A → ALSO · G → GOOD · O → ONLY · T → THEN. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, ABOUT, THERE, AFTER, FIRST, RIGHT and STILL all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: O → ABOUT · E → THERE · T → AFTER · R → FIRST · G → RIGHT · I → STILL. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, ONE, CAN, NOW, WAY, DAY and TOO all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: O → ONE · C → CAN · N → NOW · W → WAY · D → DAY · T → TOO. 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: “inned” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “in” means

• adjective: holding office (“the in party”)
• adjective: directed or bound inward (“took the in bus”)
• adjective: currently fashionable (“the in thing to do”)
• noun: a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot

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