People crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “People” are MASS, HOME or FREE, with 4 letters. Below are 103 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

LOT 3 letters · noun

an unofficial association of people or groups “they were an angry lot”

MASS 4 letters · noun

the common people generally “separate the warriors from the mass”

WORLD 5 letters · noun

people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest “the Western world”

MASSES 6 letters · noun

the common people generally

SOCIETY 7 letters · noun

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

MARRIAGE 8 letters · noun

two people who are married to each other “his second marriage was happier than the first”

MULTITUDE 9 letters · noun

the common people generally

POPULATION 10 letters · noun

the people who inhabit a territory or state “the population seemed to be well fed and clothed”

AGRICULTURE 11 letters · noun

the class of people engaged in growing food

ORGANIZATION 12 letters · noun

a group of people who work together

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, MASS, HOME, FREE, CITY, LOST and ROOM all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: M → MASS · H → HOME · F → FREE · C → CITY · L → LOST · R → ROOM. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, WORLD, ORDER, PARTY, YOUNG, MARCH and CLEAR all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: W → WORLD · O → ORDER · P → PARTY · Y → YOUNG · M → MARCH · C → CLEAR. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, LOT, ACT, FIT, WEB, JAM and MOB all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: L → LOT · A → ACT · F → FIT · W → WEB · J → JAM · M → MOB. 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: “peopled” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “people” means

• noun: (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively (“old people”)
• noun: the body of citizens of a state or country (“the Spanish people”)
• noun: members of a family line (“his people have been farmers for generations”)
• noun: the common people generally (“power to the people”)

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