Think crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Think” are GUESS, OPINE or VALUE, with 5 letters. Below are 30 answers from 4 to 11 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

MEAN 4 letters · verb

have in mind as a purpose “I mean no harm”

GUESS 5 letters · verb

expect, believe, or suppose “I guess she is angry at me for standing her up”

RECALL 6 letters · verb

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

BELIEVE 7 letters · verb

judge or regard; look upon; judge “I believe her to be very smart”

REMEMBER 8 letters · verb

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection “I can't remember saying any such thing”

RECOLLECT 9 letters · verb

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

DELIBERATE 10 letters · verb

think about carefully; weigh

ORIGINALITY 11 letters · noun

the ability to think and act independently

Telling them apart

With 5 squares, GUESS, OPINE, VALUE, PRIZE, DWELL and BROOD all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: G → GUESS · O → OPINE · V → VALUE · P → PRIZE · D → DWELL · B → BROOD. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, RECALL, INTEND, RECKON, REASON, DEBATE and ESTEEM all fit. The fifth letter settles most of it: L → RECALL · N → INTEND · O → RECKON, REASON · T → DEBATE · E → ESTEEM. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 7 squares, BELIEVE, IMAGINE, SUPPOSE and RESPECT all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: B → BELIEVE · I → IMAGINE · S → SUPPOSE · R → RESPECT. 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: “thinking” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “think” means

• verb: judge or regard; look upon; judge (“I think he is very smart”)
• verb: expect, believe, or suppose (“he didn't think to find her in the kitchen”)
• verb: use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments (“I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere”)
• verb: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection (“I can't think what her last name was”)

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