Room crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Room” are BOARD, PLACE or COURT, with 5 letters. Below are 34 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

WAY 3 letters · noun

space for movement “make way for”

DOOR 4 letters · noun

a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle “he knocked on the door”

BOARD 5 letters · verb

live and take one's meals at or in “she rooms in an old boarding house”

CLOSET 6 letters · noun

a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space

LIBRARY 7 letters · noun

a room where books are kept “they had brandy in the library”

CHECKOUT 8 letters · noun

the latest time for vacating a hotel room “the checkout here is 12 noon”

DORMITORY 9 letters · noun

a large sleeping room containing several beds

BEDCHAMBER 10 letters · noun

a room used primarily for sleeping

ACCOMMODATE 11 letters · verb

have room for; hold without crowding “This hotel can accommodate 250 guests”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, DOOR, CELL, HALL and SNUG all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: D → DOOR · C → CELL · H → HALL · S → SNUG. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, BOARD, PLACE, COURT, ADMIT, LOBBY and PLAZA all fit. The first letter settles most of it: B → BOARD · P → PLACE, PLAZA · C → COURT · A → ADMIT · L → LOBBY. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, WAY, BAY and DEN all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: W → WAY · B → BAY · D → DEN. 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: “roomed” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “room” means

• noun: an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling (“the rooms were very small but they had a nice view”)
• noun: space for movement (“room to pass”)
• noun: opportunity for (“room for improvement”)
• noun: the people who are present in a room (“the whole room was cheering”)

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