South crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “South” are CHON or BAAS, with 4 letters. Below are 6 answers from 3 to 8 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

WON 3 letters · noun

the basic unit of money in South Korea

CHON 4 letters · noun

100 chon equal 1 won in South Korea

GAUCHO 6 letters · noun

a cowboy of the South American Pampas

AUSTRAL 7 letters · adjective

of the south or coming from the south “sailed the austral seas”

ANACONDA 8 letters · noun

large arboreal boa of tropical South America

Other forms of this clue

Clues often use another form of the word, and the answer then takes the same form: “souths” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “south” means

• noun: the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
• noun: a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city
• noun: the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point
• adjective: situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south (“the south entrance”)

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