Much crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Much” are OFTEN, HEAVY or BADLY, with 5 letters. Below are 53 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

BAD 3 letters · adverb

very much; strongly “I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it”

MORE 4 letters · 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”

OFTEN 5 letters · adverb

frequently or in great quantities

UNTOLD 6 letters · adjective

too much to be measured “untold suffering”

HEAVILY 7 letters · adverb

slowly as if burdened by much weight

PROBABLY 8 letters · adverb

with considerable certainty; without much doubt “He is probably out of the country”

PRACTICED 9 letters · adjective

skillful after much practice

TABLESPOON 10 letters · noun

as much as a tablespoon will hold

PRACTICALLY 11 letters · adverb

(degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely “practically everything in Hinduism is the manifestation of a god”

INCALCULABLE 12 letters · adjective

too much to be measured “incalculable riches”

PREDOMINANTLY 13 letters · adverb

much greater in number or influence “the patients are predominantly indigenous”

OVERPOPULATION 14 letters · noun

too much population

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, MORE, SUCH, BUSY, TANK and LION all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: M → MORE · S → SUCH · B → BUSY · T → TANK · L → LION. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, OFTEN, HEAVY, BADLY, TOAST, SPOON and HEAPS all fit. The fourth letter tells them all apart: E → OFTEN · V → HEAVY · L → BADLY · S → TOAST · O → SPOON · P → HEAPS. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, UNTOLD, LITTLE, ENOUGH, LIKELY, PLENTY and BEATEN all fit. The first letter settles most of it: U → UNTOLD · L → LITTLE, LIKELY · E → ENOUGH · P → PLENTY · B → BEATEN. 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: “muches” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “much” means

• adverb: to a great degree or extent (“she's much better now”)
• adverb: incredibly (“he was much annoyed”)
• adverb: (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely (“much the same thing happened every time”)
• adverb: frequently or in great quantities (“I don't drink much”)

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