Show crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Show” are READ, DEMO or SHEW, with 4 letters. Below are 79 answers from 3 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

GAS 3 letters · verb

show off

READ 4 letters · verb

indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments “The gauge read ‘empty’”

POINT 5 letters · verb

indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively “He pointed to the empty parking space”

RECORD 6 letters · verb

indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

PRESENT 7 letters · verb

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

EVIDENCE 8 letters · verb

provide evidence for

ESTABLISH 9 letters · verb

establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

APPEARANCE 10 letters · noun

pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression “they try to keep up appearances”

DEMONSTRATE 11 letters · verb

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

CHOREOGRAPHY 12 letters · noun

a show involving artistic dancing

DEMONSTRATION 13 letters · noun

a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view “he gave the customer a demonstration”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, READ, DEMO, SHEW, TEST, WEAR and SEAT all fit. The first letter settles most of it: R → READ · D → DEMO · S → SHEW, SEAT · T → TEST · W → WEAR. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, POINT, PROVE, USHER, THANK, AGREE and COUNT all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: I → POINT · O → PROVE · H → USHER · A → THANK · R → AGREE · U → COUNT. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, GAS, SIT, BOO and FIN all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: G → GAS · S → SIT · B → BOO · F → FIN. 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: “showed” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “show” means

• verb: give an exhibition of to an interested audience (“She shows her dogs frequently”)
• verb: establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment (“The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture”)
• verb: provide evidence for (“The blood test showed that he was the father”)
• verb: make visible or noticeable (“She showed her talent for cooking”)

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