Only crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Only” are JUST, SOLE or LONE, with 4 letters. Below are 58 answers from 3 to 13 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

BUT 3 letters · adverb

and nothing more “hopes that last but a moment”

JUST 4 letters · adverb

and nothing more “just a scratch”

ALONE 5 letters · adjective

exclusive of anyone or anything else “she alone believed him”

SINGLE 6 letters · adjective

used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals “single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals”

LIMITED 7 letters · adjective

including only a part

ENTIRELY 8 letters · adverb

without any others being included or involved “was entirely to blame”

EXCLUSIVE 9 letters · adjective

not divided or shared with others “they have exclusive use of the machine”

UNILATERAL 10 letters · adjective

involving only one part or side “unilateral paralysis”

EXCLUSIVELY 11 letters · adverb

without any others being included or involved “he works for Mr. Smith exclusively”

PRESCRIPTION 12 letters · noun

a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist “he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly”

MONOCHROMATIC 13 letters · adjective

(of light or other electromagnetic radiation) having only one wavelength “monochromatic light”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, JUST, SOLE, LONE, HALF, YEAH and RARE all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: J → JUST · S → SOLE · L → LONE · H → HALF · Y → YEAH · R → RARE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, ALONE, WHITE, MINOR and SLICK all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: A → ALONE · W → WHITE · M → MINOR · S → SLICK. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, BUT, YEA and PAT all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: B → BUT · Y → YEA · P → PAT. Fill in that crossing answer first.

What “only” means

• adverb: and nothing more (“he was only a child”)
• adverb: without any others being included or involved (“a privilege granted only to him”)
• adverb: with nevertheless the final result (“He arrived only to find his wife dead”)
• adverb: in the final outcome (“These news will only make you more upset”)

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