Lot crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Lot” are DEAL, BAND or LUCK, with 4 letters. Below are 36 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

POT 3 letters · noun

(often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent

DEAL 4 letters · verb

administer or bestow, as in small portions “deal a blow to someone”

BUNCH 5 letters · noun

any collection in its entirety

PLENTY 6 letters · noun

(often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent “it must have cost plenty”

PORTION 7 letters · noun

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) “success that was her portion”

MOUNTAIN 8 letters · noun

(often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent

DISTRIBUTE 10 letters · verb

administer or bestow, as in small portions

CIRCUMSTANCES 13 letters · noun

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) “a victim of circumstances”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, DEAL, BAND, LUCK, MASS, DRAW and MESS all fit. The fourth letter settles most of it: L → DEAL · D → BAND · K → LUCK · S → MASS, MESS · W → DRAW. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, BUNCH, SIGHT, STACK, BATCH, FLOCK and SPATE all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: U → BUNCH · I → SIGHT · T → STACK · A → BATCH · L → FLOCK · P → SPATE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, PLENTY, CIRCLE, MICKLE, MUCKLE and PASSEL all fit. The second letter settles most of it: L → PLENTY · I → CIRCLE, MICKLE · U → MUCKLE · A → PASSEL. 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: “lots” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “lot” means

• noun: (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent (“a lot of money”)
• noun: a parcel of land having fixed boundaries (“he bought a lot on the lake”)
• noun: an unofficial association of people or groups (“they were an angry lot”)
• noun: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) (“has a happy lot”)

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