Order crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Order” are TELL, CLUB or RATE, with 4 letters. Below are 84 answers from 3 to 11 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

SAY 3 letters · verb

give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

TELL 4 letters · verb

give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

PLACE 5 letters · verb

assign a rank or rating to

DECREE 6 letters · noun

a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

SOCIETY 7 letters · noun

a formal association of people with similar interests “they formed a small lunch society”

REGULATE 8 letters · verb

bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations “We cannot regulate the way people dress”

PRESCRIBE 9 letters · verb

issue commands or orders for

ORDINATION 10 letters · noun

logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements

REPLACEMENT 11 letters · noun

a person who follows next in order

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, TELL, CLUB, RATE, RANK, FIAT and GILD all fit. The fourth letter tells them all apart: L → TELL · B → CLUB · E → RATE · K → RANK · T → FIAT · D → GILD. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, PLACE, RANGE, GRADE, LODGE, GUILD and EDICT all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: L → PLACE · A → RANGE · R → GRADE · O → LODGE · U → GUILD · D → EDICT. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, DECREE, GOVERN, ORDAIN, ENJOIN, SCREEN and STRIKE all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: E → DECREE · O → GOVERN · R → ORDAIN · N → ENJOIN · C → SCREEN · T → STRIKE. 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: “ordered” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “order” means

• noun: (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed (“the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London”)
• noun: a degree in a continuum of size or quantity (“it was on the order of a mile”)
• noun: established customary state (especially of society) (“order ruled in the streets”)
• noun: logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements (“we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation”)

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