Move crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Move” are WORK, PART or PLAY, with 4 letters. Below are 90 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

ACT 3 letters · verb

perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) “think before you act”

WORK 4 letters · verb

move in an agitated manner “His fingers worked with tension”

PLACE 5 letters · verb

intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

TRAVEL 6 letters · verb

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically “We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus”

PROCEED 7 letters · verb

follow a procedure or take a course

MOTIVATE 8 letters · verb

give an incentive for action

SUBMARINE 9 letters · verb

move forward or under in a sliding motion “The child was injured when he submarined under the safety belt of the car”

RELOCATION 10 letters · noun

the act of changing your residence or place of business

DISPLACEMENT 12 letters · noun

to move something from its natural environment

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, WORK, PART, PLAY, OPEN, TURN and NEAR all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: O → WORK · A → PART · L → PLAY · P → OPEN · U → TURN · E → NEAR. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, PLACE, POINT, LEAVE, FORCE, BREAK and ROUND all fit. The first letter settles most of it: P → PLACE, POINT · L → LEAVE · F → FORCE · B → BREAK · R → ROUND. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, ACT, HIT, CUT, BUS, FLY and AIM all fit. The first letter settles most of it: A → ACT, AIM · H → HIT · C → CUT · B → BUS · F → FLY. 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: “moved” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “move” means

• verb: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically (“The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell”)
• verb: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense (“Move those boxes into the corner, please”)
• verb: move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion (“He moved his hand slightly to the right”)
• verb: change residence, affiliation, or place of employment (“We moved from Idaho to Nebraska”)

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