Line crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Line” are NOTE, DRAW or TUNE, with 4 letters. Below are 75 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

JOB 3 letters · noun

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

NOTE 4 letters · noun

a short personal letter

BLOOD 5 letters · noun

the hereditary derivation of an individual

COURSE 6 letters · noun

a connected series of events or actions or developments “the government took a firm course”

CHANNEL 7 letters · noun

(often plural) a means of communication or access “it must go through official channels”

BUSINESS 8 letters · noun

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money “he's not in my line of business”

PARENTAGE 9 letters · noun

the hereditary derivation of an individual

OCCUPATION 10 letters · noun

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

DEMARCATION 11 letters · noun

a conceptual separation or distinction

DELIMITATION 12 letters · noun

a line that indicates a boundary

ARGUMENTATION 13 letters · noun

a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, NOTE, DRAW, TUNE, SEAM, GAME and PLAY all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: N → NOTE · D → DRAW · T → TUNE · S → SEAM · G → GAME · P → PLAY. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, BLOOD, STOCK, CABLE, TRACE, HOUSE and LEVEL all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: B → BLOOD · S → STOCK · C → CABLE · T → TRACE · H → HOUSE · L → LEVEL. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, JOB, AIR, WAY, RAY, PAD and BIZ all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: J → JOB · A → AIR · W → WAY · R → RAY · P → PAD · B → BIZ. 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: “lined” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “line” means

• noun: a formation of people or things one beside another (“the line of soldiers advanced with their bayonets fixed”)
• noun: a mark that is long relative to its width (“He drew a line on the chart”)
• noun: a formation of people or things one behind another (“the line stretched clear around the corner”)
• noun: a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point

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