Post crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Post” are PLACE, CARRY or BRAND, with 5 letters. Below are 26 answers from 4 to 14 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

SEND 4 letters · verb

cause to be directed or transmitted to another place “send me your latest results”

PLACE 5 letters · verb

assign to a station

OFFICE 6 letters · noun

a job in an organization

STATION 7 letters · noun

the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand “a sentry station”

POSITION 8 letters · noun

a job in an organization

SITUATION 9 letters · noun

a job in an organization

CONSULSHIP 10 letters · noun

the post of consul

LECTURESHIP 11 letters · noun

the post of lecturer

AMBASSADORSHIP 14 letters · noun

the post of ambassador

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, SEND, MAIL and FORT all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: S → SEND · M → MAIL · F → FORT. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, PLACE, CARRY, BRAND, STAKE, BERTH and TWEET all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: L → PLACE · A → CARRY · R → BRAND · T → STAKE · E → BERTH · W → TWEET. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, OFFICE, TIMBER, RESIGN, PICKET and VACATE all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: O → OFFICE · T → TIMBER · R → RESIGN · P → PICKET · V → VACATE. 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: “posies” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “post” means

• verb: affix in a public place or for public notice (“post a warning”)
• verb: publicize with, or as if with, a poster (“I'll post the news on the bulletin board”)
• verb: assign to a post; put into a post (“The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu”)
• verb: assign to a station

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