More crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “More” are THREE, ALONG or SEVEN, with 5 letters. Below are 85 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

BUT 3 letters · adverb

and nothing more “hopes that last but a moment”

MUCH 4 letters · adverb

to a great degree or extent “she's much better now”

THREE 5 letters · adjective

being one more than two

BETTER 6 letters · adjective

(comparative of ‘good’) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another “You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din”

FURTHER 7 letters · adverb

to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (‘further’ is used more often than ‘farther’ in this abstract sense) “further complicated by uncertainty about the future”

GENEROUS 8 letters · adjective

more than is usual or necessary “a generous portion”

EMOTIONAL 9 letters · adjective

of more than usual emotion “his behavior was highly emotional”

PREFERABLY 10 letters · adverb

more readily or willingly “clean it well, preferably with warm water”

COOPERATIVE 11 letters · adjective

involving the joint activity of two or more “a cooperative effort”

DIFFERENTIAL 12 letters · adjective

involving or containing one or more derivatives “differential equation”

EXTRAORDINARY 13 letters · adjective

far more than usual or expected “an extraordinary desire for approval”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, MUCH, MANY, JUST, ONLY, LONG and FOUR all fit. The first letter settles most of it: M → MUCH, MANY · J → JUST · O → ONLY · L → LONG · F → FOUR. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, THREE, ALONG, SEVEN, SUPER, EIGHT and AHEAD all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: R → THREE · O → ALONG · V → SEVEN · P → SUPER · G → EIGHT · E → AHEAD. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, BUT, TWO, SIX, TEN and ODD all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: U → BUT · W → TWO · I → SIX · E → TEN · D → ODD. 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: “mores” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “more” means

• adjective: (comparative of ‘much’ used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree; above; more than (“more land”)
• adjective: (comparative of ‘many’ used with count nouns) quantifier meaning greater in number (“a hall with more seats”)
• adverb: used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs, indicates that the adjective or adverb is more of something (“more interesting”)
• adverb: comparative of much; to a greater degree or extent (“he works more now”)

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