Answer to "First" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word INITIAL , but the solution may also be ONTOP which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in LA Times).

First crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
INITIAL	23 %	7
PRIMAL	22 %	6
EARLIEST	13 %	8
ORIGINAL	9 %	8
MAIDEN	5 %	6
ONTOP	4 %	5
TOSTART	4 %	7
INITIALLY	4 %	9
LOWGEAR	3 %	7
INFRONT	1 %	7
ONE	1 %	3
STEVEN	1 %	6
SOOST	1 %	5
CRACKOFDAWN	1 %	11
PREMIER	1 %	7
AHEAD	1 %	5
UPMOST	1 %	6
SOONER	1 %	6
BEFORETHEOTHERS	1 %	15
ELDESTCHILD	1 %	11
PRIME	1 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: First

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

• original
• initial
• number one
• first of all
• first off
• firstly
• basic
• prime
• premier
• introductory
• initiative
• prototypic

Crossword Answer definitions

INITIAL noun

1. The first letter of a word or a name.
2. In plural, the first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit.
3. A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.
4. Onset, part of a syllable that precedes the syllable nucleus in phonetics and phonology.

INITIAL verb

1. To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.

INITIAL adjective

1. Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.
2. Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.

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 INITIAL

• Okay, in a way
• Alfred E. Neuman has one
• Letter with a period
• Sign in a brief way
• First
• Acronym component
• Beginning
• Monogram character
• The "I" of FBI, e.g.
• Part of JFK?

More clues leading to the result PRIMAL

• __ scream
• First
• Word before scream or therapy
• Like some screams
• Word before scream or urge
• Original
• Type of scream
• Kind of scream
• Of main importance
• As early as possible

More clues leading to the result EARLIEST

• Ahead of time
• First to show
• Like the first in the room
• First to arrive
• First
• First.
• Soonest.
• Most betimes
• Most ancient
• First to come

More clues leading to the result ORIGINAL

• First in a series?
• Inspiring copies
• Inventive
• First
• Master copy
• Novel
• One of a kind
• Fresh
• Copy source
• Master

More clues leading to the result MAIDEN

• Like some voyages
• "Run to the Hills" metal band, among fans
• Iron ___
• Winless racehorse
• First, as a voyage
• First, in a sense
• First among voyages
• First, among voyages
• Type of name or voyage
• Winless thoroughbred

More clues leading to the result ONTOP

• Numero uno
• At the summit
• Winning
• In the winner's circle
• Leading
• Victorious
• At the pinnacle
• Winner's position
• At the peak
• In the lead

More clues leading to the result TOSTART

• Initially
• First of all
• "First . . ."
• "Just for openers ..."
• "First ..."
• "First of all..."

More clues leading to the result INITIALLY

• Were JFK, HST and LBJ senators?
• First
• At first
• At first blush
• At the beginning.
• At the outset
• At the start ... or how the first two letters of each starred clue relate to the answer?

More clues leading to the result LOWGEAR

• Shifting choice for a hill
• Transmission choice for going uphill
• It helps when climbing hills
• Aid in driving uphill
• First
• First, e.g.
• It's good for climbing hills
• A truck may go uphill in it
• 1, to a trucker
• First, in terms of transmission

More clues leading to the result INFRONT

• Ahead of
• Leading
• Leading the pack
• Leading.
• First
• Ahead
• Close to the stage, say

More clues leading to the result ONE

• 20% of a fin
• "A Chorus Line" number
• "My __ and Only"
• "__-Trick Pony" (Paul Simon film)
• "___ for the money"
• 10% of a sawbuck
• 1969 Three Dog Night hit
• Change-machine input
• Hole in ____
• Italian noble family

More clues leading to the result STEVEN

• Movie mogul, Spielberg
• Comedian Wright
• Wry Wright
• Director Soderbergh
• First name of 65 Down
• Risible Wright
• With 4-Down, a rocker
• Rock's Tyler
• Comic Wright
• Comedian Wright who said "I intend to live forever. So far, so good"

More clues leading to the result SOOST

• First

More clues leading to the result CRACKOFDAWN

• First *
• Quip by actress Wells in "Gilligan's Island"?
• First light
• Sunup
• Daybreak
• Sunrise
• Crowing time
• When sunrise begins
• Woman's flippant remark?
• Early time

More clues leading to the result PREMIER

• Chancellor's kin
• Mike Harris, e.g.
• Title for the four leaders featured in this crossword
• Title for a Canadian province leader
• Title for Zhou Enlai from Oct. 1, 1949 to Jan. 8, 1976
• Foremost
• First
• Lenin or Stalin
• Chinese leader
• Chinese government bigwig

More clues leading to the result AHEAD

• At the front
• In the lead
• Leading
• On top
• Road-sign word
• In the future
• Be in the lead
• Forward
• Up one
• Up one, say

More clues leading to the result UPMOST

• Nearest the top
• Highest in order
• Loftiest
• Highest.
• First.
• Highest
• Like Brahmins in the caste system
• Predominant

More clues leading to the result SOONER

• Norman native
• Oklahoma athlete
• In less time
• Oklahoma resident
• Oklahoman
• Cornhusker rival
• Later's opposite
• See 33-Across
• In a more timely fashion
• Okie from Muskogee

More clues leading to the result BEFORETHEOTHERS

• First

More clues leading to the result ELDESTCHILD

• First*

More clues leading to the result PRIME

• Of fine quality
• 2 or 3, but not 4
• Beef designation
• Meat rating
• Number like 3 or 13
• Like 7 or 17
• High-quality
• Heyday
• ___ lending rate (Bank of Canada concern)
• Prepare the engine