Often crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Often” are MUCH, with 4 letters. Below are 15 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

OFT 3 letters · adverb

many times at short intervals “we often met over a cup of coffee”

MUCH 4 letters · adverb

frequently or in great quantities “I don't drink much”

PLAIN 5 letters · adverb

unmistakably (‘plain’ is often used informally for ‘plainly’) “You are plainly wrong”

INDEED 6 letters · adverb

in truth (often tends to intensify) “they said the car would break down and indeed it did”

EQUALLY 7 letters · adverb

to the same degree (often followed by ‘as’) “they were equally beautiful”

OBVIOUSLY 9 letters · adverb

unmistakably (‘plain’ is often used informally for ‘plainly’) “the answer is obviously wrong”

FREQUENTLY 10 letters · adverb

many times at short intervals

Telling them apart

With 6 squares, INDEED, RARELY and SELDOM all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: I → INDEED · R → RARELY · S → SELDOM. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 10 squares, FREQUENTLY, APPARENTLY and MANIFESTLY all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: F → FREQUENTLY · A → APPARENTLY · M → MANIFESTLY. Fill in that crossing answer first.

What “often” means

• adverb: many times at short intervals (“we often met over a cup of coffee”)
• adverb: frequently or in great quantities
• adverb: in many cases or instances

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