Side crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Side” are FACE, TURN or NEAR, with 4 letters. Below are 61 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

TOP 3 letters · noun

the highest or uppermost side of anything “put your books on top of the desk”

FACE 4 letters · noun

a surface forming part of the outside of an object “dew dripped from the face of the leaf”

SLOPE 5 letters · noun

an elevated geological formation “he climbed the steep slope”

BOTTOM 6 letters · noun

the lower side of anything

LATERAL 7 letters · adjective

situated at or extending to the side “the lateral branches of a tree”

POSITION 8 letters · noun

an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute

DOMINANCE 9 letters · noun

superior development of one side of the body

COLLATERAL 10 letters · adjective

situated or running side by side “collateral ridges of mountains”

JUXTAPOSITION 13 letters · noun

the act of positioning close together (or side by side) “it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, FACE, TURN, NEAR, LIST, ROCK and ROLL all fit. The fourth letter tells them all apart: E → FACE · N → TURN · R → NEAR · T → LIST · K → ROCK · L → ROLL. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, SLOPE, FRONT, SHAKE, WIDTH, CHEEK and FLANK all fit. The fourth letter settles most of it: P → SLOPE · N → FRONT, FLANK · K → SHAKE · T → WIDTH · E → CHEEK. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, TOP, LEE, GEE, WAG and WRY all fit. The first letter settles most of it: T → TOP · L → LEE · G → GEE · W → WAG, WRY. 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: “sided” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “side” means

• noun: a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location (“they always sat on the right side of the church”)
• noun: one of two or more contesting groups (“the Confederate side was prepared to attack”)
• noun: either the left or right half of a body (“he had a pain in his side”)
• noun: a surface forming part of the outside of an object (“he examined all sides of the crystal”)

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