Look crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Look” are FEEL, FACE or WAIT, with 4 letters. Below are 65 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

BET 3 letters · verb

have faith or confidence in “You can bet on that!”

FEEL 4 letters · noun

the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people “the feel of the city excited him”

FRONT 5 letters · verb

be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to

EXPECT 6 letters · verb

look forward to the probable occurrence of “We were expecting a visit from our relatives”

FEELING 7 letters · noun

the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

WATCHING 8 letters · noun

the act of observing; taking a patient look

CALCULATE 9 letters · verb

have faith or confidence in

EXPRESSION 10 letters · noun

the feelings expressed on a person's face “a sad expression”

OBSERVATION 11 letters · noun

the act of observing; taking a patient look

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, FEEL, FACE, WAIT, BANK, SEEM and TONE all fit. The first letter settles most of it: F → FEEL, FACE · W → WAIT · B → BANK · S → SEEM · T → TONE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, FRONT, COUNT, SWEAR, SMELL, AWAIT and THINK all fit. The first letter settles most of it: F → FRONT · C → COUNT · S → SWEAR, SMELL · A → AWAIT · T → THINK. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, EXPECT, SEARCH, APPEAR, SPIRIT, ATTEND and ASPECT all fit. The second letter settles most of it: X → EXPECT · E → SEARCH · P → APPEAR, SPIRIT · T → ATTEND · S → ASPECT. 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: “looies” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “look” means

• verb: perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; look (“She looked over the expanse of land”)
• verb: give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect (“This project looks fishy”)
• verb: to physically appear a certain way to another individual or group (“How does she look?”)
• verb: search or seek (“We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest”)

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