Name crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Name” are CALL, LIST or CITE, with 4 letters. Below are 39 answers from 3 to 11 letters, best match first in each length, then what each top answer means and how to tell them apart.

Have some letters? Use the crossword solver

The best answers, explained

KEY 3 letters · verb

identify as in botany or biology, for example

CALL 4 letters · verb

assign a specified (usually proper) name to

REFER 5 letters · verb

make reference to

FIGURE 6 letters · noun

a well-known or notable person “she is an important figure in modern music”

ADDRESS 7 letters · verb

greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name “He always addresses me with ‘Sir’”

DESCRIBE 8 letters · verb

identify as in botany or biology, for example

SIGNATURE 9 letters · noun

your name written in your own handwriting

CONSTITUTE 10 letters · verb

create and charge with a task or function

DISTINGUISH 11 letters · verb

identify as in botany or biology, for example

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, CALL, LIST, CITE, GENS, TERM and LADY all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: L → CALL · S → LIST · T → CITE · N → GENS · R → TERM · D → LADY. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, REFER, BRAND, COUNT, QUOTE and ALIAS all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: R → REFER · B → BRAND · C → COUNT · Q → QUOTE · A → ALIAS. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, KEY, TAG and DOT all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: K → KEY · T → TAG · D → DOT. 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: “named” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “name” means

• verb: assign a specified (usually proper) name to (“They named their son David”)
• verb: give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property (“Many senators were named in connection with the scandal”)
• verb: charge with a function; charge to be (“She was named Head of the Committee”)
• verb: create and charge with a task or function

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