Clues for the word "GAME"
We've had 261 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 424 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on February 14, 2026.
Definition of game
- n. - Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.
- v. i. - Sport of any kind; jest, frolic.
- v. i. - A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc.
- v. i. - The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards.
- v. i. - That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short whist five points are game.
- v. i. - In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest.
- v. i. - A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose; method of procedure; projected line of operations; plan; project.
- v. i. - Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats designed for, or served at, table.
- a. - Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky.
- a. - Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting.
- n. - To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative.
- n. - To play at any sport or diversion.
- n. - To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble.
Referring Clues
- Hunted animals unable to walk steadily (4)
- Kind of warden
- Word with park or plan
- Charades, e.g.
- Warden's charge
- Clue, for one
- Willing
- Plucky
- Willing to take part
- Well-disposed
- Brave, in a way
- Pictionary, e.g.
- Ready and willing
- Up for it
- Go fish, e.g.
- Cops and robbers, e.g.
- See 69-Across
- Hunter's prey
- Up for something
- Othello, e.g.
- Deer and fox, e.g.
- Willing to go along
- Jacks, e.g.
- Checkers or Chinese checkers
- Bridge, for one
- Go or Monopoly
- Word after board or blame
- Monopoly, e.g.
- Poker or Pong
- Musical chairs or spin the bottle
- Pool or polo
- See 28-Down
- Chess, for example
- Hearts or spades
- Ready for action
- Hunter's quarry
- "Monday Night Football" feature
- Hearts or darts
- Candy Land, for one
- Competition
- Tiddlywinks or tag
- Twister, e.g.
- Hearts, e.g.
- Diplomacy, for example
- Reason for a tailgate party
- Sports contest
- Clue, e.g.
- Ready for anything
- Up to it
- Gutsy
- Checkers or chess
- Go or go fish
- Ready to try
- Polo or parcheesi
- Jacks or hearts
- Jacks or hopscotch
- Hearts or handball
- Willing to try
- Kind of preserve
- Willing to try anything
- Monday night entertainment, in fall
- Skittle or potsy, e.g.
- Ready for the challenge
- Super Bowl, e.g.
- Diversion
- Darts, e.g.
- Hearts or Spades, for example
- Meeting of Senators and Kings
- Jenga or jacks, e.g.
- Darts or hearts
- Blackjack
- Word before plan or face
- Tag, for one
- Operation, e.g.
- Willing to try it
- Cricket or quoits
- Mitchell's "The Circle ______"
- Match part
- "It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the ___"
- Polo or pool
- Amusement with rules
- Tournament component
- Spades or hearts
- Stadium event
- GSN telecast
- Set component
- Pastime
- Tiddlywinks, for one
- Go, for one
- Chess, e.g.
- Arena event
- Risk or Clue
- Chess or charades
- Willing to play along
- Up for anything
- Mah-jongg or Ping-Pong
- Part of GSN
- Safari sightings
- Many a smartphone app
- Monopoly or hearts, e.g.
- Clue is one
- Chess or checkers
- Many an app
- Flirting proclivity
- Component of a set
- Scrabble, say
- Clue or Life
- Checkers or chess, e.g.
- Willing to participate
- Contest
- Safari sighting
- "The Dating ___"
- See 22 Across
- Checkers or Monopoly
- Up for the challenge
- Amusement
- Part of a tennis set
- Risk, e.g.
- George R.R. Martin's "___ of Thrones"
- Toy store buy
- Saying "I'm down for that"
- Phone download
- Thing to play
- Many an iPhone download
- It may be afoot
- Tag, for example
- Dave & Buster's offering
- Child's play?
- Bridge, e.g.
- Ready to take part
- Scrabble or Monopoly
- Jenga or jacks
- Tennis unit
- League of Legends or World of Warcraft
- Foxes, e.g.
- Croquet, e.g.
- Sports event
- Cadoo or Cootie
- Monopoly or marbles, for example
- Chess or Clue
- Chess or Monopoly
- Monopoly or Candy Land
- World Series unit
- Uno or Twenty-One, e.g.
- Charades or Sorry, for example
- Life, e.g.
- Playful Queen album (with "The")?
- See 21
- Brave enormous halves switch sides
- Sport
- Racket sport
- Perhaps less than a match?
- Something to play or to chase
- See 8
- Pastime - quarry
- See 6
- Recreation one gets from crossing America?
- Match
- Is it shot for fun?
- Electronic publication about cricket?
- Spirited crossword, perhaps?
- Risk or Trouble
- Monopoly or Mouse Trap
- See 3
- Sport - willing - lame
- Halting expulsion of Lawrence, maybe, from cell?
- Hunted animals for sport
- See 24
- Lame ducks, maybe
- European politician seen in party occasion: note the strategy
- Part of a rubber duck when shot, say?
- Hurling or curling
- Clue or backgammon, e.g.
- Plucky in sport
- Chess is one
- Monopoly or Clue
- Sports match
- Play back some of them again
- Willing to play
- Brave animals
- Willing sport
- Spirited birds
- It's involved in developing amenities for sport
- See 12
- Willing victim?
- See 4
- Damaged important part of set with 17
- Handicapped but willing to play
- Set and course constituent?
- Playing tricks, try to hug a compiler and start to blush - cool!
- It usually has a set of rules
- Up (for) or down (for)
- Mario Bros., for one
- Cards Against Humanity, for example
- Doubleheader half
- 50-Across part
- Football match
- Clue or Risk
- Ballpark event
- Is it fun to eat?
- Wild turkeys, deer, etc.
- Ready to take a chance
- Checkers or tag
- Monopoly or Scrabble
- Food in the woods?
- War or Diplomacy, e.g.
- Uno, for one
- See 7
- Any sports contest
- Fortnite or Risk
- Tag, e.g.
- Poker or snooker
- ___ the system
- Chess or Candy Land
- See 9
- Sporting event
- Up (for)
- Spades, for example
- Chess or Scrabble
- With 50-Down, athlete's intense expression
- Chess or xiangqi
- Pin the Tail on the Donkey, e.g.
- Feeling amenable (found hidden in this clue!)
- Up (or down) for something
- Minecraft or Fortnite
- Family ___ night
- Charades or dominoes
- Scrabble or Boggle
- Go or shogi
- Catan, e.g.
- Scrabble or cribbage
- Perhaps less than a match?
- Bananagrams, e.g.
- Baseball event
- Fortnite or Connect Four
- ___ theory
- Catan or chess
- Elden Ring or ring toss
- Othello, for one
- Monopoly or Go Fish
- Have skin in the ___
- Tag or Go Fish
- Cribbage or Clue
- Tetris, for one
- Wingspan or Scrabble, e.g.
- Mancala or go
- Sushi Go! or Go, e.g.
- Have no skin in the ___
- Checkers or cornhole
- K) Uno or chess
- The Isle of Cats or Cat Lady, e.g.
- Recreation
- Is it shot for fun?
- Flirting ability, in slang
- Catan or Codenames
- Monopoly or baseball
- Chess or Chinese checkers, e.g.
- Squash, e.g.
- Ready to dive in
- Sorry! or Scrabble
- Up for a challenge
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - February 14, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 12, 2026
- LA Times - January 15, 2026
- LA Times - December 31, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 17, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 18, 2025
- LA Times - September 14, 2025
- Daily American - August 30, 2025
- LA Times - August 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 08, 2025
- LA Times - August 06, 2025
- LA Times - July 31, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 28, 2025
- New York Times - July 26, 2025
- Mirror Mini - June 01, 2025
- Mirror Mini - April 15, 2025
- USA Today - March 07, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 27, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 24, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 18, 2024
- Daily American - November 14, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 02, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 29, 2024
- Family Time - October 27, 2024
- Mirror Daily - October 03, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 13, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 29, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 28, 2024
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