Single crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Single” are UNITY, UNWED or UNARY, with 5 letters. Below are 80 answers from 3 to 15 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

ONE 3 letters · noun

the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number “he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it”

ONLY 4 letters · adjective

being the only one; single and isolated from others “an only child”

UNITY 5 letters · noun

the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number

UNIQUE 6 letters · adjective

the single one of its kind “the unique existing example of Donne's handwriting”

SEVERAL 7 letters · adjective

(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many “several letters came in the mail”

SEPARATE 8 letters · verb

act as a barrier between; stand between

EXCLUSIVE 9 letters · adjective

not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective “gained their exclusive attention”

INDIVIDUAL 10 letters · adjective

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

CONSOLIDATE 11 letters · verb

bring together into a single whole or system “The town and county schools are being consolidated”

CONCENTRATED 12 letters · adjective

gathered together or made less diffuse “their concentrated efforts”

IDIOSYNCRATIC 13 letters · adjective

peculiar to the individual “we all have our own idiosyncratic gestures”

INDIVIDUALISTIC 15 letters · adjective

marked by or expressing individuality “an individualistic way of dressing”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, ONLY, SOLE, LONE, TIME, HEAD and STEP all fit. The first letter settles most of it: O → ONLY · S → SOLE, STEP · L → LONE · T → TIME · H → HEAD. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, UNITY, UNWED, UNARY, WHOLE, ROUND and DRINK all fit. The third letter settles most of it: I → UNITY, DRINK · W → UNWED · A → UNARY · O → WHOLE · U → ROUND. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, ONE, ACE, BED, BAG and SAX all fit. The first letter settles most of it: O → ONE · A → ACE · B → BED, BAG · S → SAX. 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: “singled” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “single” means

• adjective: being or characteristic of a single thing or person
• adjective: used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals (“single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals”)
• adjective: existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual (“upon the hill stood a single tower”)
• adjective: not married or related to the unmarried state (“sex and the single girl”)

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