Answer to "Explanation" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word REASON which also is the latest solution we found used in King Syndicate in 2013.

Explanation crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
REASON	67 %	6
HOW	17 %	3
RATIONALE	17 %	9

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Explanation

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• account
• explaining
• explanatory
• comment
• clarifying
• indication
• elucidation
• explain
• understanding
• rationale
• pronouncement
• argument

Crossword Answer definitions

REASON noun

1. A cause:
2. Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
3. Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.
4. Ratio; proportion.

REASON verb

1. To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational
2. To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
3. To converse; to compare opinions.
4. To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
5. To support with reasons, as a request.
6. To persuade by reasoning or argument.
7. (with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
8. (usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.

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 REASON

• Cause
• Mr. Spock's logic
• Smarts
• Why or wherefore
• Intellectual power
• Logic
• Think logically
• Left brain's forte, supposedly
• Use logic
• Use one's noodle

More clues leading to the result HOW

• "Here's __!"
• Way of doing things
• "___ about it?"
• "In what way?"
• "Wait ... I'm confused"
• "Yet... something doesn't add up... ?"
• "___ I Met Your Mother"
• First word in the song "Against All Odds"
• Question about process
• "In what manner?"

More clues leading to the result RATIONALE

• Excuse
• Thinking
• Underlying reason
• Grounds
• Statement of reasons.
• Logical basis of fact.
• Justification.
• Exposition of basic principles.
• Reason why.
• Justification