The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TEST which also is the latest solution we found used in Boston Globe in 2015.
Criterion crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TEST | 28 % | 4 |
| CANON | 28 % | 5 |
| RULE | 21 % | 4 |
| STANDARD | 9 % | 8 |
| GAUGE | 5 % | 5 |
| NORM | 5 % | 4 |
| TOUCHSTONE | 2 % | 10 |
| YARDSTICK | 2 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Criterion
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- standard
- measure
- touchstone
- benchmark
- method
- reckoning
- indicator
- reference
- basis
- qualification
- feature
- factor
Crossword Answer definitions
TEST noun- A challenge, trial.
- A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
- (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
- A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
- (normally “Test”) A Test match.
- The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins.
- Testa; seed coat.
- Judgment; distinction; discrimination.
- To challenge.
- To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
- To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.
- (academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
- To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
- To be shown to be by test.
- To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
- A witness.
- To attest (a document) legally, and date it.
- To make a testament, or will.
- (body building) testosterone
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result TEST
- Acid or aptitude follower
- Dry run
- Midterm or final
- Tryout
- License requirement, often
- Try out
- Exam
- Examination
- Final, for one
- Midterm, for one
More clues leading to the result CANON
- Collected works
- See 9-Across
- Ecclesiastical law
- Body of okayed works
- Body of standards
- Contrapuntal piece
- Church law
- Secular law
- Pachelbel's "___ in D"
- Maker of cameras and copiers
More clues leading to the result RULE
- It may be golden
- Gag followup?
- Golden thing
- Govern
- Lay down the law
- Preside over
- Be super freaking awesome
- Golden ___
- "Don't ask, don't tell," e.g.
- Dominate
More clues leading to the result STANDARD
- Song in a canon
- *Song everyone knows, presumably
- Song of enduring popularity
- "Stardust," for example
- Usual
- With 11 Down, subject of a 1911 breakup
- Flag
- Normal
- Reference point
- Not automatic
More clues leading to the result GAUGE
- Benchmark
- Tachometer, e.g.
- Dash component
- Measuring device
- Measure
- Dial
- Measure of a train track's width, in railway lingo
- Measure precisely
- Yardstick
- Gas meter, for one
More clues leading to the result NORM
- "Cheers" beer-guzzler
- "Cheers" habitue
- Group standard
- Standard
- "Cheers" patron
- "Cheers" regular
- Crosby of comedy
- Average guy?
- "Cheers" character who replied to "What's going down?" with "My butt cheeks on that bar stool."
- Average
More clues leading to the result TOUCHSTONE
- Feel Oliver?
- Shakespearean clown.
- Clown in "As You Like It."
- Criterion
- Handle granite?
- Clown in "As You Like It"
- Standard of comparison
- Measure of quality
- Benchmark
- Yardstick