Just crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Just” are GOOD, ONLY or MEET, with 4 letters. Below are 43 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

BUT 3 letters · adverb

and nothing more “hopes that last but a moment”

GOOD 4 letters · adjective

of moral excellence “a genuinely good person”

RIGHT 5 letters · adjective

being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north “my right hand”

SIMPLY 6 letters · adverb

and nothing more “it is simply a matter of time”

EXACTLY 7 letters · adverb

indicating exactness or preciseness “he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do”

PROPERLY 8 letters · adverb

indicating exactness or preciseness “Properly speaking, all true work is religion.”

PRECISELY 9 letters · adverb

indicating exactness or preciseness “he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do”

REASONABLE 10 letters · adjective

showing reason or sound judgment

RETRIBUTIVE 11 letters · adjective

of or relating to or having the nature of retribution “retributive justice demands an eye for an eye”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, GOOD, ONLY, MEET, FAIR and BARE all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: G → GOOD · O → ONLY · M → MEET · F → FAIR · B → BARE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, SIMPLY, HONEST, HARDLY, BARELY, MERELY and SCARCE all fit. The second letter settles most of it: I → SIMPLY · O → HONEST · A → HARDLY, BARELY · E → MERELY · C → SCARCE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 7 squares, EXACTLY, FITTING and UPRIGHT all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: E → EXACTLY · F → FITTING · U → UPRIGHT. 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: “justed” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “just” means

• adverb: and nothing more (“just a scratch”)
• adverb: indicating exactness or preciseness (“it was just as he said — the jewel was gone”)
• adverb: only a moment ago (“he has just arrived”)
• adverb: (used for emphasis) absolutely (“I just can't take it anymore”)

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