Party crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Party” are MASK, BOLT or BASH, with 4 letters. Below are 28 answers from 3 to 12 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

POL 3 letters · noun

a person active in party politics

MASK 4 letters · noun

a party of guests wearing costumes and masks

DANCE 5 letters · noun

a party of people assembled for dancing

BENDER 6 letters · noun

revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party

COMPANY 7 letters · noun

a band of people associated temporarily in some activity “the company of cooks walked into the kitchen”

POLITICO 8 letters · noun

a person active in party politics

LIABILITY 9 letters · noun

an obligation to pay money to another party

POLITICIAN 10 letters · noun

a person active in party politics

INDEBTEDNESS 12 letters · noun

an obligation to pay money to another party

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, MASK, BOLT, BASH, RAVE, TOOT and FETE all fit. The first letter settles most of it: M → MASK · B → BOLT, BASH · R → RAVE · T → TOOT · F → FETE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, DANCE, FEAST, JOLLY, BRAWL and RAVER all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: D → DANCE · F → FEAST · J → JOLLY · B → BRAWL · R → RAVER. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, BENDER, FIESTA and MASQUE all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: B → BENDER · F → FIESTA · M → MASQUE. 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: “partied” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “party” means

• noun: an organization to gain political power (“in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level”)
• noun: a gathering of people for pleasure (“she joined the party after dinner”)
• noun: a band of people associated temporarily in some activity (“they organized a party to search for food”)
• noun: an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment (“he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day”)

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