Made crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Made” are TAKEN, READY or HEAVY, with 5 letters. Below are 99 answers from 3 to 14 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

CUT 3 letters · noun

a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation

GOLD 4 letters · noun

coins made of gold

TAKEN 5 letters · adjective

understood in a certain way; made sense of “a word taken literally”

STRONG 6 letters · adjective

freshly made or left

CHANGED 7 letters · adjective

made or become different in nature or form “changed attitudes”

PREPARED 8 letters · adjective

made ready or fit or suitable beforehand “a prepared statement”

PUBLISHED 9 letters · adjective

formally made public “published accounts”

SUCCESSFUL 10 letters · adjective

having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome “a successful architect”

INTERPRETED 11 letters · adjective

understood in a certain way; made sense of “an open door interpreted as an invitation”

ACKNOWLEDGED 12 letters · adjective

recognized or made known or admitted “the acknowledged leader of the community”

INDUSTRIALIZED 14 letters · adjective

made industrial; converted to industrialism “industrialized areas”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, GOLD, WARM, BONE, LACY, WAXY and FAIN all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: L → GOLD · R → WARM · N → BONE · C → LACY · X → WAXY · I → FAIN. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, TAKEN, READY, HEAVY, FRESH, TOUGH and ROUGH all fit. The fourth letter settles most of it: E → TAKEN · D → READY · V → HEAVY · S → FRESH · G → TOUGH, ROUGH. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, CUT, HOT and DIM all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: C → CUT · H → HOT · D → DIM. Fill in that crossing answer first.

What “made” means

• adjective: produced by a manufacturing process (“bought some made goods at the local store: rope and nails”)
• adjective: (of a bed) having the sheets and blankets set in order (“a neatly made bed”)
• adjective: successful or assured of success (“now I am a made man forever”)

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