The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word NOTE , but the solution may also be HONOR which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Distinction crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NOTE | 27 % | 4 |
| EMINENCE | 18 % | 8 |
| HONOR | 18 % | 5 |
| STYLE | 10 % | 5 |
| PROMINENCE | 6 % | 10 |
| RENOWN | 4 % | 6 |
| PRESTIGE | 4 % | 8 |
| MARK | 4 % | 4 |
| REPUTE | 2 % | 6 |
| MERIT | 2 % | 5 |
| GLORY | 2 % | 5 |
| RARENESS | 2 % | 8 |
| RANK | 2 % | 4 |
Why may HONOR be the right solution?
The word "honor" means high respect, distinction, or privilege. Therefore, it fits the clue "distinction".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Distinction
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- differentiation
- preeminence
- eminence
- note
- differentiate
- distinguishing
- distinguish
- distinctness
- distinctiveness
- discriminate
- discrimination
- differential
Crossword Answer definitions
NOTE noun- (heading) A symbol or annotation.
- (heading) A written or printed communication or commitment.
- (heading) A sound.
- Observation; notice; heed.
- Reputation; distinction.
- Notification; information; intelligence.
- Mark of disgrace.
- To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
- To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
- To denote; to designate.
- To annotate.
- To set down in musical characters.
- To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.
- That which is needed or necessary; business; duty; work.
- The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period following calving or farrowing during which a cow or sow is at her most useful (i.e. gives milk); the milk given by a cow or sow during such a period.
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 NOTE
- It's found in scores
- Quick message
- Short message
- Thank-you item
- Quickie correspondence
- Mark down
- Memo
- Pay attention
- Piece of music
- Whole or half, in music
More clues leading to the result EMINENCE
- Cardinal's address
- Distinction
- High standing
- Position of superiority
- Word of address to a cardinal
- Elevated standing
- High rank
- High station
- Fame
- High repute
More clues leading to the result HONOR
- Privilege of driving first
- "Prizzi's ___"
- "____ thy father and mother"
- Kind of roll
- Special roll
- Type of roll
- Pay tribute to
- High card
- Ten or higher, in bridge
- High respect
More clues leading to the result STYLE
- "The Elements of __"
- Class
- Current vogue
- Fashion
- Manner
- Mode
- Taylor Swift song with lyrics about James Dean
- "In __" (fashion mag)
- Panache
- Approach
More clues leading to the result PROMINENCE
More clues leading to the result RENOWN
- Wide fame
- Fame
- Notability
- Celebrity
- Les Brown's Band of ___
- Eminence
- High repute
- Distinction
- Great distinction
- Exalted fame.
More clues leading to the result PRESTIGE
- Esteemed status
- Rank
- Status
- Standing
- Clout
- Good reputation
- Importance
- Fine reputation
- High reputation
- Renown.
More clues leading to the result MARK
- Gospel author
- Preceder of up or down
- Baseball's McGuire
- "Uptown Funk" collaborator Ronson
- Letter from the teacher
- Zynga founder Pincus
- The __ of Zorro
- German currency
- Characteristic
- Abstract painter Tobey
More clues leading to the result REPUTE
More clues leading to the result MERIT
- Excellence
- High value
- Kind of pay or system
- Worth
- Deserve
- Type of badge
- Be worthy of
- Parliament rival
- Scholarship consideration
- ___ badge
More clues leading to the result GLORY
- "No guts, no __"
- "___ is fleeting, but obscurity is forever" (Napoleon)
- Magnificence
- "No guts, no ___"
- Great honor
- Great distinction, as in battle
- Movie for which Denzel Washington won his first Oscar
- "Mine eyes have seen the ___..."
- Exaltation
- Maginficence; fame