Make crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Make” are WORK, NAME or FORM, with 4 letters. Below are 119 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

HIT 3 letters · verb

reach a destination, either real or abstract “We hit Detroit by noon”

WORK 4 letters · verb

proceed along a path “work one's way through the crowd”

CAUSE 5 letters · verb

give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally “cause a commotion”

CREATE 6 letters · verb

make or cause to be or to become “create a furor”

REALIZE 7 letters · verb

earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

NOMINATE 8 letters · verb

charge with a function; charge to be

ESTABLISH 9 letters · verb

institute, enact, or establish

CONSTITUTE 10 letters · verb

to compose or represent

LEGISLATURE 11 letters · noun

persons who make or amend or repeal laws

ILLUSTRATION 12 letters · noun

artwork that helps make something clear or attractive

UNDERESTIMATE 13 letters · verb

make a deliberately low estimate

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, WORK, NAME, FORM, DRAW, GAIN and COOK all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: W → WORK · N → NAME · F → FORM · D → DRAW · G → GAIN · C → COOK. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, CAUSE, READY, CLEAR, BUILD, REACH and BRAND all fit. The fourth letter tells them all apart: S → CAUSE · D → READY · A → CLEAR · L → BUILD · C → REACH · N → BRAND. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, HIT, NET, FIX, PEE, WEE and TRY all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: H → HIT · N → NET · F → FIX · P → PEE · W → WEE · T → TRY. 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: “makes” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “make” means

• verb: engage in (“make love, not war”)
• verb: give certain properties to something (“Don't make this into a big deal”)
• verb: make or cause to be or to become (“make a mess in one's office”)
• verb: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

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