Mind crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Mind” are HEAD, IDEA or HEED, with 4 letters. Below are 73 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

EGO 3 letters · noun

(psychoanalysis) the conscious mind

HEAD 4 letters · noun

that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason “I couldn't get his words out of my head”

BRAIN 5 letters · noun

that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason

LISTEN 6 letters · verb

pay close attention to; give heed to

THINKER 7 letters · noun

an important intellectual

JUDGMENT 8 letters · noun

an opinion formed by judging something “he was reluctant to make his judgment known”

JUDGEMENT 9 letters · noun

an opinion formed by judging something

INNOVATION 10 letters · noun

the creation of something in the mind

DERANGEMENT 11 letters · noun

the act of disturbing the mind or body

INTELLECTUAL 12 letters · adjective

of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind “intellectual problems”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, HEAD, IDEA, HEED, NOUS, KNOW and CASE all fit. The first letter settles most of it: H → HEAD, HEED · I → IDEA · N → NOUS · K → KNOW · C → CASE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, BRAIN, THINK, WATCH, IMAGE, PLANT and WORRY all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: R → BRAIN · H → THINK · A → WATCH · M → IMAGE · L → PLANT · O → WORRY. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, LISTEN, BEWARE, PSYCHE, HEALTH, DESIGN and FOLLOW all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: L → LISTEN · B → BEWARE · P → PSYCHE · H → HEALTH · D → DESIGN · F → FOLLOW. 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: “minded” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “mind” means

• noun: that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason (“his mind wandered”)
• noun: recall or remembrance (“it came to mind”)
• noun: an opinion formed by judging something (“she changed her mind”)
• noun: an important intellectual (“the great minds of the 17th century”)

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