Last crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Last” are DEATH, CLOSE or FINAL, with 5 letters. Below are 40 answers from 3 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

END 3 letters · noun

the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence “the end was exciting”

HIGH 4 letters · adjective

greater than normal in quantity or amount “a high temperature”

DEATH 5 letters · noun

the time at which life ends; continuing until dead “she stayed until his death”

SENIOR 6 letters · adjective

older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service “senior officer”

FINALLY 7 letters · adverb

the item at the end

ULTIMATE 8 letters · adjective

being the last or concluding element of a series “the ultimate sonata of that opus”

UMPTEENTH 9 letters · adjective

last in an indefinitely numerous series

CONCLUSION 10 letters · noun

the temporal end; the concluding time

UNALTERABLE 11 letters · adjective

not capable of being changed or altered “unalterable resolve”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, HIGH, LIVE, PAST, WEAR and TAIL all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: H → HIGH · L → LIVE · P → PAST · W → WEAR · T → TAIL. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, DEATH, CLOSE, FINAL, WORST, DYING and FINIS all fit. The fifth letter tells them all apart: H → DEATH · E → CLOSE · L → FINAL · T → WORST · G → DYING · S → FINIS. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, END, NET and NTH all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: N → END · E → NET · T → NTH. 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: “lasing” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “last” means

• adjective: immediately past (“last Thursday”)
• adjective: coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining (“the last time I saw Paris”)
• adjective: occurring at or forming an end or termination (“the last days of the dinosaurs”)
• adjective: most unlikely or unsuitable (“the last person we would have suspected”)

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