North crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “North” are LARK or CHON, with 4 letters. Below are 28 answers from 3 to 10 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

WON 3 letters · noun

the basic unit of money in South Korea

LARK 4 letters · noun

North American songbirds having a yellow breast

BRAVE 5 letters · adjective

possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching “Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring”

SIERRA 6 letters · noun

a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)

RACCOON 7 letters · noun

the fur of the North American racoon

WHISTLER 8 letters · noun

someone who makes a loud high sound

WOLVERINE 9 letters · noun

musteline mammal of northern Eurasia

JACKRABBIT 10 letters · noun

large hare of western North America

Telling them apart

With 6 squares, SIERRA, FISHER, PHOEBE, COYOTE, BENNET and GOPHER all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: S → SIERRA · F → FISHER · P → PHOEBE · C → COYOTE · B → BENNET · G → GOPHER. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 7 squares, RACCOON, FLICKER, WHITING, KESTREL and REDFISH all fit. The seventh letter tells them all apart: N → RACCOON · R → FLICKER · G → WHITING · L → KESTREL · H → REDFISH. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 8 squares, WHISTLER, BLUEBIRD, IRONWOOD and SNOWBIRD all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: W → WHISTLER · B → BLUEBIRD · I → IRONWOOD · S → SNOWBIRD. 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: “northing” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “north” means

• noun: the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
• noun: a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city
• noun: the direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass point
• noun: the direction in which a compass needle points

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