Will crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Will” are LEAVE, GLASS or BASIN, with 5 letters. Below are 51 answers from 3 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

CUP 3 letters · noun

the quantity a cup will hold “he drank a cup of coffee”

TANK 4 letters · noun

as much as a tank will hold

LEAVE 5 letters · verb

leave or give by will after one's death

IMPART 6 letters · verb

transmit (knowledge or skills) “impart a new skill to the students”

ASSAULT 7 letters · noun

the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will

VOLITION 8 letters · noun

the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention “the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt”

TESTAMENT 9 letters · noun

a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die

SUCCESSION 10 letters · noun

acquisition of property by descent or by will

LIBERTARIAN 11 letters · noun

someone who believes the doctrine of free will

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, TANK, DISH and CASK all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: T → TANK · D → DISH · C → CASK. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, LEAVE, GLASS, BASIN, SPOON, SCOOP and FLASK all fit. The first letter settles most of it: L → LEAVE · G → GLASS · B → BASIN · S → SPOON, SCOOP · F → FLASK. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, CUP, BAG and TUB all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: C → CUP · B → BAG · T → TUB. 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: “wiling” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “will” means

• noun: the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
• noun: a fixed and persistent intent or purpose (“where there's a will, there's a way”)
• noun: a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
• verb: decree or ordain (“God wills our existence”)

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