Remember crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Remember” are THINK or BLOCK, with 5 letters. Below are 9 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

JOG 3 letters · verb

stimulate to remember “jog my memory”

THINK 5 letters · verb

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection “I can't think what her last name was”

RECALL 6 letters · verb

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

COMMEND 7 letters · verb

mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship

RETRIEVE 8 letters · verb

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

RECOLLECT 9 letters · verb

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

COMMEMORATE 11 letters · verb

call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony

Other forms of this clue

Clues often use another form of the word, and the answer then takes the same form: “remembered” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “remember” means

• verb: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection (“I can't remember saying any such thing”)
• verb: keep in mind for attention or consideration (“Remember the Alamo”)
• verb: recapture the past; indulge in memories (“he remembered how he used to pick flowers”)
• verb: show appreciation to (“He remembered her in his will”)

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