Known crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Known” are NOTED or FAMED, with 5 letters. Below are 37 answers from 4 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

RARE 4 letters · adjective

not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness “a rare word”

NOTED 5 letters · adjective

widely known and esteemed

FAMOUS 6 letters · adjective

widely known and esteemed “a famous actor”

NOTABLE 7 letters · adjective

widely known and esteemed “a notable historian”

FAMILIAR 8 letters · adjective

well known or easily recognized “a familiar figure”

LEGENDARY 9 letters · adjective

so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend “the legendary exploits of the arctic trailblazers”

IDENTIFIED 10 letters · adjective

having the identity known or established “the identified bodies were released for burial”

ILLUSTRIOUS 11 letters · adjective

widely known and esteemed “an illustrious judge”

ANAPHYLACTIC 12 letters · adjective

related to the hypersensitivity known as anaphylaxis “anaphylactic shock”

Telling them apart

With 7 squares, NOTABLE, CERTAIN, CLASSIC, STRANGE, ENDLESS and LOGICAL all fit. The fifth letter tells them all apart: B → NOTABLE · A → CERTAIN · S → CLASSIC · N → STRANGE · E → ENDLESS · C → LOGICAL. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 8 squares, FAMILIAR, GLORIOUS, RENOWNED, DECLARED, DEFINITE and INFAMOUS all fit. The fifth letter tells them all apart: L → FAMILIAR · I → GLORIOUS · W → RENOWNED · A → DECLARED · N → DEFINITE · M → INFAMOUS. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 9 squares, LEGENDARY, ANNOUNCED, ANONYMOUS, REVEALING, NOTORIOUS and DISCLOSED all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: G → LEGENDARY · N → ANNOUNCED · O → ANONYMOUS · V → REVEALING · T → NOTORIOUS · S → DISCLOSED. 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: “knowns” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “known” means

• adjective: apprehended with certainty (“a known quantity”)

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