Clues for the word "BEST"
We've had 281 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 622 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on April 01, 2026.
Definition of best
- a. - Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cloth; the best abilities.
- a. - Most advanced; most correct or complete; as, the best scholar; the best view of a subject.
- a. - Most; largest; as, the best part of a week.
- n. - Utmost; highest endeavor or state; most nearly perfect thing, or being, or action; as, to do one's best; to the best of our ability.
- superl. - In the highest degree; beyond all others.
- superl. - To the most advantage; with the most success, case, profit, benefit, or propriety.
- superl. - Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself.
- v. t. - To get the better of.
Referring Clues
- Most vague
- Top of the heap
- A+
- Cream of the crop
- Top-quality
- Whip
- Vanquish
- Numero uno
- Outdo
- Crème de la crème
- Top
- Bet or buy lead-in
- Informal letter signoff
- Brief letter sign-off
- Superlative
- Oscar word
- Tops
- Top of the line
- Sunday ___
- With 47-Across, Academy Award category
- First-place
- Taking the blue ribbon
- Rating a blue ribbon
- Informal letter closing
- Overcome
- Top spot
- Eclipse
- Trump
- Primo
- Oscar title starter
- ___ in Show (Westminster prize)
- Oscar superlative
- Letter sign-off
- First-rate
- Finest
- Unsurpassed
- Part of TCBY
- Top-shelf
- Word before friend or seller
- One-up
- Of the highest quality
- Gold medal-winning
- Greatest
- Most outstanding
- Blue-ribbon word
- Word on a blue ribbon
- Nonpareil
- Prize-winning
- Excelling all others
- Top-of-the-line
- Award-worthy
- With 47-Down, what the films in this puzzle are nominated for
- At the top of the heap
- "___ in Show"
- #1
- "The ___ Is Yet to Come"
- With 21-Across, theme of this puzzle
- Second to none
- Starr predecessor
- Outrun, say
- Beat
- Highest-quality
- A-one
- Finest possible
- Top-rated
- Outperform
- Most helpful
- Kindest regards
- Better than better
- Deserving a blue ribbon
- What father knows?
- Overthrow
- How father knows
- Second-to-none
- Superlatively good
- Conquer
- Brightest cohort
- Optimum
- Unexcelled
- Type of man or boy
- Blue ribbon-worthy
- "Father Knows ___"
- Film-award word
- Optimal
- Letter ender, perhaps
- As good as it gets
- With 10-Down, favored the most
- Foremost
- "___ in Show"
- Early Beatle Pete
- Trump
- Inferior to none
- Part of BFF
- Part 6 of our Christmas Carol
- Defeat
- With Banting, insulin finder
- Insulin co-inventer
- Gold medalist, vis-à-vis competitors
- Word on Oscars
- Met basso
- A-number-one
- Top-notch
- Oscar-night superlative
- Unsurpassable
- A-number-1
- Number one
- A-No. 1
- No. 1
- Unmatched
- Most desirable
- Word in an award category
- See 88-Down
- Highest quality
- Like the champ
- Letter closer
- Defeat, in a way
- Word on an Oscar
- Above all others
- Oscar category word
- With "in" and 25-Down, blue ribbon earner
- Brief letter closing
- Start of the title for every Oscar
- Topnotch
- Annual Car and Driver list
- ___ in Show: dog prize
- Better superlative
- Awards show superlative
- Get the better of
- Good's superlative
- Grade A
- Most excellent
- Unsurpassed, or surpass
- Good, better, ___
- First word in every Academy Award category
- Champ
- See 44-Down
- Most suitable
- Highest in quality
- Word in oscar categories
- A+++
- Come out on top
- #1 status
- Outduel, e.g.
- Unequaled
- Finish ahead of
- Better than good
- Cream
- Casual sign-off in a letter
- Word used when there is none better?
- Sunday garb?
- Top-ranked
- Oscars superlative
- Award category word
- Leading
- It's better than better (with "the")
- Oscars category word
- Worthy of a blue ribbon
- Brightest's cohort
- Oscar adjective
- Actress Edna ___
- Supreme
- Choicest
- Most favorable
- Prime
- It's better than better
- The greatest
- Not good or better
- What a blue ribbon may denote
- ___-of album
- With 48-down, Oscar category
- Outsmart
- Sunday clothes?
- Foo Fighters "___ of You"
- Pete from the Beatles
- "It's for the ___" Straylight Run
- Vanessa Williams "Save the ___ for Last"
- Original Beatles drummer Pete
- Foo Fighters hit "___ of You"
- Limit of one's ability
- Elite
- Top man on the 24 across
- Worst as one part of speech, but only one
- See 24
- To be a saint is superlatively good
- Defeat good enemy?
- What George was, at soccer?
- George's finest
- Finest of tube stations?
- Superlative of good
- Top footballer once
- Conferred with footballer needing to be paid off?
- Finest - and worst!
- Most excellent - late football star
- Of highest quality, or worst
- The finest - and worst
- "Hit Me with Your ___ Shot"
- Top-rate
- Beat the unbeatable
- Worst, or just the opposite?
- See 3
- Old sporting hero Coe over time
- Order he's forgotten for cream
- Highest-rated
- ___ Picture (top award at the Oscars)
- What nothing is better than
- Most appropriate
- With 51-Down, tops
- Worst
- Defeat the greatest!
- ___ practice
- Surpassing all others
- Blue-ribbon
- Wager about small top
- Triumph over
- Pete, the Beatles' drummer before Starr
- Oscar-worthy
- Ultimately better?
- Drummer replaced by Starr
- Most superior
- Correspondence sign-off
- Place higher than
- Worst in a competition
- None better
- Common email sign-off word
- It's most advisable to have a beanfeast outside
- Oscars word
- "Level" effort
- Ultimate effort
- Choice
- One's smartest outfit
- Oscars adjective
- Friendly email sign-off
- Numero uno, with "the"
- *Top, or tops
- Author Edna ___
- Least bad
- Likeliest bets, possibly
- Common letter closer
- ___ Picture (Oscars category)
- Award adjective
- Finest of tube stations?
- Gold-medal caliber
- Academy Awards word
- Alternative to "Yours truly"
- Take down
- To the highest degree
- ___ in show (canine award)
- Handiest of tube stations
- Winning a blue ribbon
- ___ man
- Finest ever to play for N. Ireland?
- A BFF word
- ___ friend
- "The ___" (Tina Turner hit)
- Word in a Tony Award
- What George was, at soccer?
- Opposite of worst
- Outplay
- Oscars category adjective
- "Yours truly" alternative
- "You're My ___ Friend" (Queen song)
- Common awards word
- ___-case scenario
- Awards adjective
- Word before Actor and Actress at the Oscars
- Better than the rest
- Brief email sign-off
- "I wish you the ___"
- Word in many award category names
- "It happens to the ___ of us"
- Lead-in to "by" or "Buy"
- Word in most Academy Award titles
- "Simply the ___" (Tina Turner hit)
- The "B" of BFF
- Common email sign-off
- "You're the ___!"
- GOATed
- Make the ___ of a bad situation
- Most exceptional
- Get the win over
- Top-tier
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 01, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - April 01, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - March 22, 2026
- Mirror Mini - March 13, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - March 09, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 06, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 03, 2026
- New York Times - February 16, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 08, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 11, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 09, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 04, 2025
- New York Times - December 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 17, 2025
- Daily American - November 01, 2025
- New York Times - October 26, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 09, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 23, 2025
- Mirror Mini - August 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 26, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 09, 2025
- LA Times - June 16, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 11, 2025
- LA Times - June 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 23, 2025
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