True crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “True” are EVEN, SURE or REAL, with 4 letters. Below are 63 answers from 3 to 12 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

BUY 3 letters · verb

accept as true “I can't buy this story”

EVEN 4 letters · adjective

divisible by two

RIGHT 5 letters · adjective

being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north “my right hand”

ACTUAL 6 letters · adjective

presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible “the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different”

CORRECT 7 letters · verb

make right or correct “Correct the mistakes”

STRAIGHT 8 letters · adjective

accurately fitted; level

HONORABLE 9 letters · adjective

not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; marked by truth

LEGITIMATE 10 letters · adjective

of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful

TRUSTWORTHY 11 letters · adjective

worthy of trust or belief “a trustworthy report”

GEOGRAPHICAL 12 letters · adjective

of or relating to the science of geography

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, EVEN, SURE, REAL and LEAL all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: E → EVEN · S → SURE · R → REAL · L → LEAL. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, RIGHT, TRUTH and CLAIM all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: R → RIGHT · T → TRUTH · C → CLAIM. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, ACTUAL, HONEST, LAWFUL, TRUSTY, LIVING and ACCEPT all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: T → ACTUAL · N → HONEST · W → LAWFUL · U → TRUSTY · V → LIVING · C → ACCEPT. 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: “trued” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “true” means

• adjective: consistent with fact or reality; not false (“the story is true”)
• adjective: accurately placed or thrown (“his aim was true”)
• adjective: devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth (“true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them”)
• adjective: expressing or given to expressing the truth (“a true statement”)

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