World crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “World” are EARTH, GLOBE or ROBIN, with 5 letters. Below are 38 answers from 3 to 15 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

MAN 3 letters · noun

all of the living human inhabitants of the earth “she always used ‘humankind’ because ‘mankind’ seemed to slight the women”

EARTH 5 letters · noun

the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on “the Earth moves around the sun”

PUBLIC 6 letters · noun

people in general considered as a whole “he is a hero in the eyes of the public”

REALITY 7 letters · noun

all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you “for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were”

UNIVERSE 8 letters · noun

everything that exists anywhere “they study the evolution of the universe”

EXISTENCE 9 letters · noun

everything that exists anywhere “the biggest tree in existence”

TERRESTRIAL 11 letters · adjective

concerned with the world or worldly matters “he developed an immense terrestrial practicality”

INTERNATIONAL 13 letters · adjective

concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations “international affairs”

UNSOPHISTICATED 15 letters · adjective

not wise in the ways of the world “either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver”

Telling them apart

With 5 squares, EARTH, GLOBE, ROBIN, BORED and MAVIS all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: E → EARTH · G → GLOBE · R → ROBIN · B → BORED · M → MAVIS. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, PUBLIC, GLOBAL, HUMANS, DOMAIN, COSMOS and PYTHON all fit. The first letter settles most of it: P → PUBLIC, PYTHON · G → GLOBAL · H → HUMANS · D → DOMAIN · C → COSMOS. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 7 squares, REALITY, MANKIND, MUNDANE, SORGHUM and ACADEME all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: E → REALITY · A → MANKIND · U → MUNDANE · O → SORGHUM · C → ACADEME. 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: “worlds” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “world” means

• noun: everything that exists anywhere
• noun: people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest (“the Western world”)
• noun: all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you (“his world was shattered”)
• noun: the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on (“he sailed around the world”)

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