Team crossword clue
The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Team” are SQUAD, ALLOW or GUARD, with 5 letters. Below are 15 answers from 4 to 8 letters, best match first in each length, then what each top answer means and how to tell them apart.
5 letters
- squad
- allow
- guard
- bench
- blank
- relay
6 letters
- eleven
7 letters
- captain
- striker
- varsity
8 letters
- stringer
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The best answers, explained
- PLAY 4 letters · noun
- a preset plan of action in team sports “the coach drew up the plays for her team”
- SQUAD 5 letters · noun
- a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
- ELEVEN 6 letters · noun
- a team that plays football
- CAPTAIN 7 letters · verb
- be the captain of a sports team
- STRINGER 8 letters · noun
- a member of a squad on a team “a first stringer”
Telling them apart
With 4 squares, PLAY, FIVE, MATE and MUSH all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: L → PLAY · I → FIVE · A → MATE · U → MUSH. Fill in that crossing answer first.
With 5 squares, SQUAD, ALLOW, GUARD, BENCH, BLANK and RELAY all fit. The first letter settles most of it: S → SQUAD · A → ALLOW · G → GUARD · B → BENCH, BLANK · R → RELAY. Fill in that crossing answer first.
With 7 squares, CAPTAIN, STRIKER and VARSITY all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: C → CAPTAIN · S → STRIKER · V → VARSITY. 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: “teamed” wants an answer that ends the same way.
TEAMED crossword clue
- PLAYED
- MATED
- MUSHED
- ALLOWED
- GUARDED
- BENCHED
- BLANKED
- RELAYED
- CAPTAINED
TEAMING crossword clue
- PLAYING
- MATING
- MUSHING
- ALLOWING
- GUARDING
- BENCHING
- BLANKING
- RELAYING
- CAPTAINING
TEAMS crossword clue
- PLAYS
- FIVES
- MATES
- MUSHES
- SQUADS
- ALLOWS
- GUARDS
- BENCHES
- BLANKS
- RELAYS
- ELEVENS
- CAPTAINS
What “team” means
- noun: a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
- noun: two or more draft animals that work together to pull something
- verb: form a team (“We teamed up for this new project”)
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 TEAM, and words whose definition is TEAM. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.
Questions people ask
What is a 4-letter word for team?
PLAY, FIVE or MATE. PLAY means “a preset plan of action in team sports”.
What is a 5-letter word for team?
SQUAD, ALLOW or GUARD. SQUAD means “a cooperative unit (especially in sports)”.
What is a 6-letter word for team?
ELEVEN. ELEVEN means “a team that plays football”.
What is a 7-letter word for team?
CAPTAIN, STRIKER or VARSITY. CAPTAIN means “be the captain of a sports team”.
What is the answer for the clue “teamed”?
Use the same answers in the same form: PLAYED, MATED, MUSHED or ALLOWED.
What is the answer for the clue “teaming”?
Use the same answers in the same form: PLAYING, MATING, MUSHING or ALLOWING.
How do I narrow down the answer for “Team”?
Count the squares, then use a crossing letter: the section “Telling them apart” shows which square separates the answers of each length. The crossword solver takes the clue and your letters together.
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