Live crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Live” are KNOW, LAST or MOVE, with 4 letters. Below are 43 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

HOT 3 letters · adjective

charged or energized with electricity “a hot wire”

KNOW 4 letters · verb

have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations “I know the feeling!”

EXIST 5 letters · verb

support oneself “he could barely exist on such a low wage”

LIVING 6 letters · adjective

pertaining to living persons “within living memory”

CURRENT 7 letters · noun

a flow of electricity through a conductor “the current was measured in amperes”

POPULATE 8 letters · verb

be an inhabitant of or reside in

RESILIENT 9 letters · adjective

elastic; rebounds readily “as resilient as seasoned hickory”

EXPERIENCE 10 letters · verb

have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, KNOW, LAST, MOVE, WALK, BALL and CAMP all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: K → KNOW · L → LAST · M → MOVE · W → WALK · B → BALL · C → CAMP. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, EXIST, VITAL, DWELL, SWING and DRIFT all fit. The fourth letter tells them all apart: S → EXIST · A → VITAL · L → DWELL · N → SWING · F → DRIFT. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, LIVING, ACTIVE, LOADED, VIABLE, ENDURE and BOUNCY all fit. The fifth letter tells them all apart: N → LIVING · V → ACTIVE · E → LOADED · L → VIABLE · R → ENDURE · C → BOUNCY. 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: “lived” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “live” means

• verb: be an inhabitant of or reside in (“People lived in Africa millions of years ago”)
• verb: lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style (“we had to live frugally after the war”)
• verb: continue to live and avoid dying (“The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents”)
• verb: support oneself (“Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?”)

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