The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CADET which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
General starting point? crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CADET | 100 % | 5 |
Why may CADET be the right solution?
The answer to "General starting point?" is "CADET" because a cadet is a trainee or a beginner in the military, and a general is a high-ranking military officer. So, a cadet is a starting point in the military hierarchy.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: General starting point?
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cadet
- base
- basis
- tee
- idea
- post
- axiom
- beginning
- one
- threshold
- century
- basic
Crossword Answer definitions
CADET noun- A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
- A younger or youngest son, who would not inherit as a firstborn son would.
- (in compounds, chiefly in genealogy) Junior. (See also the heraldic term cadency.)
- A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels.
- A young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station.
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