The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BASIS , but the solution may also be BASE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Foundation crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BASIS | 53 % | 5 |
| BASE | 33 % | 4 |
| BED | 9 % | 3 |
| CORNERSTONE | 2 % | 11 |
| BOTTOM | 1 % | 6 |
| CORSET | 1 % | 6 |
| ROOT | 1 % | 4 |
| FOOTING | 1 % | 7 |
Why may BASIS be the right solution?
The word "foundation" refers to the basis or underlying support of something, which makes "BASIS" a fitting answer for this crossword clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Foundation
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- basis
- groundwork
- base
- fundament
- origination
- creation
- founding
- initiation
- institution
- instauration
- substructure
- understructure
Crossword Answer definitions
BASIS noun- A physical base or foundation.
- A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
- An underlying condition or circumstance.
- A regular frequency.
- In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.
- Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.
- A collection of subsets ("basis elements") of a set, such that this collection covers the set, and for any two basis elements which both contain an element of the set, there is a third basis element contained in the intersection of the first two, which also contains that element.
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 BASIS
- Grounds
- Fundamental principle
- Groundwork
- Reasoning
- Discussion's starting point
- Second-rate untouched grounds (5)
- Underpinnings
- Foundation
- Chief ingredient
- Fundamental ingredient
More clues leading to the result BASE
- Diamond corner
- Kind of pay
- Military installation
- Safari camp
- Shea sack
- Foundation
- Knavish
- Ballplayer's theft
- Headquarters
- See 40-Across
More clues leading to the result BED
- Breakfast's partner
- Feather or brass
- It may be made by a maid
- Lettuce arrangement
- Breakfast partner
- Place to catch crabs?
- Screwing surface?
- Shag
- Destination for one intent on crashing
- Breakfast partner?
More clues leading to the result CORNERSTONE
- Foundation
- Part of a foundation.
- Basic element
- Building block
- Place for a date, frequently
- Place to find a date
- Where one might find a date ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme
- Place to look for a date
- *Vital piece
- *Fundamental basis
More clues leading to the result BOTTOM
- Foundation
- Keister
- Moon unit?
- Underside
- Inning division
- Pit's lack, maybe
- Nadir
- Deepest part
- Moonscape?
- Line for profit?
More clues leading to the result CORSET
- Waist pincher
- Old whalebone product
- Restrict rigidly
- Girdle
- Close-fitting undergarment
- Medieval jacket
- Scarlett O'Hara undergarment
- Girdle's cousin
- Breathtaking garment for women?
- Torso tightener
More clues leading to the result ROOT
- Cheer for
- Cheer on the home team
- Kind of canal
- Pull for
- Radish, e.g.
- Dentist's canal?
- Take hold
- Cheer
- Origin
- Source