Young crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Young” are TEEN, GIRL or BABY, with 4 letters. Below are 80 answers from 3 to 13 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

NEW 3 letters · adjective

(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity “new potatoes”

TEEN 4 letters · adjective

being of the age 13 through 19 “teenage mothers”

SMALL 5 letters · adjective

(of children and animals) young, immature “small children”

LITTLE 6 letters · adjective

(of children and animals) young, immature “what a big little boy you are”

TEENAGE 7 letters · adjective

being of the age 13 through 19 “teenage mothers”

IMMATURE 8 letters · adjective

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

OFFSPRING 9 letters · noun

any immature animal

ADOLESCENT 10 letters · adjective

relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent “adolescent problems”

SCHOOLHOUSE 11 letters · noun

a building where young people receive education

BACHELORETTE 12 letters · noun

a young unmarried woman who lives alone

INEXPERIENCED 13 letters · adjective

lacking practical experience or training

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, TEEN, GIRL, BABY, MISS, BIRD and SLIP all fit. The fourth letter tells them all apart: N → TEEN · L → GIRL · Y → BABY · S → MISS · D → BIRD · P → SLIP. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, SMALL, EARLY, YOUTH, CHILD, TOUGH and MINOR all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: S → SMALL · E → EARLY · Y → YOUTH · C → CHILD · T → TOUGH · M → MINOR. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, NEW, KID, KIT, FRY, PUP and DEB all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: W → NEW · D → KID · T → KIT · Y → FRY · P → PUP · B → DEB. 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: “youngs” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “young” means

• adjective: (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth (“young people”)
• adjective: (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity (“young corn”)
• adjective: suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh (“he is young for his age”)
• adjective: being in its early stage (“a young industry”)

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