Several crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Several” are SOME, with 4 letters. Below are 13 answers from 4 to 13 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

SOME 4 letters · adjective

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity “have some milk”

SINGLE 6 letters · adjective

being or characteristic of a single thing or person

VARIOUS 7 letters · adjective

considered individually “the various reports all agreed”

LITERATE 8 letters · adjective

knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields “computer literate”

DIFFERENT 9 letters · adjective

unlike in nature or quality or form or degree “took different approaches to the problem”

INDIVIDUAL 10 letters · adjective

being or characteristic of a single thing or person “individual drops of rain”

POLYMORPHIC 11 letters · adjective

having or occurring in several distinct forms “man is both polymorphic and polytypic”

MULTINATIONAL 13 letters · adjective

involving or operating in several nations or nationalities “multinational corporations”

Telling them apart

With 13 squares, MULTINATIONAL, MULTICULTURAL, INTERPERSONAL and TRANSNATIONAL all fit. The first letter settles most of it: M → MULTINATIONAL, MULTICULTURAL · I → INTERPERSONAL · T → TRANSNATIONAL. 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: “severals” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “several” means

• adjective: (used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many (“several letters came in the mail”)
• adjective: considered individually (“specialists in their several fields”)
• adjective: distinct and individual (“three several times”)

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