Love crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Love” are KNOW, BABY or DEAR, with 4 letters. Below are 34 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

BED 3 letters · verb

have sexual intercourse with

KNOW 4 letters · verb

have sexual intercourse with

ENJOY 5 letters · verb

get pleasure from

DEARIE 6 letters · noun

a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

PASSION 7 letters · noun

any object of warm affection or devotion “he has a passion for cock fighting”

DEVOTION 8 letters · noun

feelings of ardent love “their devotion to each other was beautiful”

ADORATION 9 letters · noun

a feeling of profound love and admiration

SWEETHEART 10 letters · noun

a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

INFATUATION 11 letters · noun

a foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration

HEARTSTRINGS 12 letters · noun

your deepest feelings of love and compassion “many adoption cases tug at the heartstrings”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, KNOW, BABY, DEAR, NECK, BANG and JAZZ all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: O → KNOW · B → BABY · A → DEAR · C → NECK · N → BANG · Z → JAZZ. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, ENJOY, HONEY, SCREW, DEARY, CRUSH and ADORE all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: E → ENJOY · H → HONEY · S → SCREW · D → DEARY · C → CRUSH · A → ADORE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, BED, EFF and DIE all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: B → BED · E → EFF · D → DIE. 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: “loved” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “love” means

• noun: a strong positive emotion of regard and affection (“his love for his work”)
• noun: any object of warm affection or devotion (“the theater was her first love”)
• noun: a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
• noun: a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction (“their love left them indifferent to their surroundings”)

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