Level crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Level” are EVEN, FLAT or TIED, with 4 letters. Below are 62 answers from 3 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

OFF 3 letters · adjective

below a satisfactory level “an off year for tennis”

EVEN 4 letters · adjective

of the score in a contest

POINT 5 letters · noun

a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

CHARGE 6 letters · verb

direct into a position for use “He charged his weapon at me”

STRATUM 7 letters · noun

an abstract place usually conceived as having depth

STRAIGHT 8 letters · adjective

accurately fitted; level

DISMANTLE 9 letters · verb

tear down so as to make flat with the ground

HORIZONTAL 10 letters · adjective

parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line “a horizontal surface”

UNDERGROUND 11 letters · adjective

under the level of the ground “underground caverns”

SUBCONSCIOUS 12 letters · adjective

just below the level of consciousness

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, EVEN, FLAT, TIED, TIER, RAZE and RASE all fit. The fourth letter settles most of it: N → EVEN · T → FLAT · D → TIED · R → TIER · E → RAZE, RASE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, POINT, STORY, STAGE, FLOOR, GRADE and PLANE all fit. The fourth letter settles most of it: N → POINT, PLANE · R → STORY · G → STAGE · O → FLOOR · D → GRADE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, OFF, LOW and DIP all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: O → OFF · L → LOW · D → DIP. 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: “leveled” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “level” means

• noun: a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality (“a high level of care is required”)
• noun: a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
• noun: a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
• noun: height above ground (“the water reached ankle level”)

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