Say crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Say” are READ, TELL or AVER, with 4 letters. Below are 26 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

ADD 3 letters · verb

state or say further

READ 4 letters · verb

have or contain a certain wording or form “The passage reads as follows”

STATE 5 letters · verb

express in words “state your opinion”

ALLEGE 6 letters · verb

report or maintain “He alleged that he was the victim of a crime”

SUPPOSE 7 letters · verb

express a supposition

PRONOUNCE 9 letters · verb

speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way “She pronounces French words in a funny way”

ARTICULATE 10 letters · verb

speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

CONGRATULATE 12 letters · verb

say something to someone that expresses praise

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, READ, TELL, AVER and ECHO all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: R → READ · T → TELL · A → AVER · E → ECHO. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, STATE, ORDER and BEGIN all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: S → STATE · O → ORDER · B → BEGIN. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, ALLEGE, ENJOIN, SUPPLY, REPEAT, AFFIRM and APPEND all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: L → ALLEGE · N → ENJOIN · U → SUPPLY · E → REPEAT · F → AFFIRM · P → APPEND. 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: “saying” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “say” means

• verb: express in words
• verb: report or maintain (“The registrar says that I owe the school money”)
• verb: express a supposition (“Let us say that he did not tell the truth”)
• verb: have or contain a certain wording or form (“What does the law say?”)

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