The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BASIS , but the solution may also be REASON which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Grounds crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BASIS | 41 % | 5 |
| LEES | 11 % | 4 |
| CAUSE | 9 % | 5 |
| DREGS | 6 % | 5 |
| AREA | 5 % | 4 |
| RATIONALE | 5 % | 9 |
| TERRAINS | 3 % | 8 |
| CAUSES | 3 % | 6 |
| YARD | 3 % | 4 |
| ACRES | 2 % | 5 |
| REASONS | 2 % | 7 |
| PUNISHESONESKID | 2 % | 15 |
| PROOF | 2 % | 5 |
| ACREAGE | 2 % | 7 |
| KEEPSFROMFLYING | 2 % | 15 |
| CAMPI | 2 % | 5 |
| REASON | 2 % | 6 |
| COFFEELEFTOVERS | 2 % | 15 |
Why may REASON be the right solution?
The word "grounds" can be synonymous with "reason" when referring to the basis or justification for something. So, "REASON" is the right solution for this clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Grounds
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cause
- reason
- evidence
- dregs
- yard
- basis
- based
- base
- location
- belonging
- purpose
- result
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 LEES
- Fermentation dregs
- Gitano competitor
- Sediment
- Wine sediment
- Bottom of the barrel
- Majors and Iacocca
- Marvin and Meriwether
- Spike and Pinky
- Cask dregs
- Popular jeans
More clues leading to the result CAUSE
- Social movement
- Something to believe in
- Activist's drive
- Precipitate
- Activist's passion
- Thing to rally behind
- Bring about
- Lead to
- "Rebel Without a ___"
- Something to fight for
More clues leading to the result DREGS
- Lees
- Leftovers
- Bottom-of-the-barrel stuff
- Hardly the creme de la creme
- Decanter residue
- Wine sediment
- 101-Across stuff
- Least desirable portion
- Wine-barrel sediment
- Wine-bottle residue
More clues leading to the result AREA
- Atlas datum
- Bailiwick
- Carpet seller's calculation
- Code kind
- District
- Field
- L x W
- LAN part
- Locale
- Lot measurement
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
More clues leading to the result TERRAINS
- Relief maps show them
- Geographic regions
- They're rocky in mountains
- Grounds
- Geographic areas
- Tracts of land
- Military topographies.
- Regions.
- Regions
- Environments
More clues leading to the result CAUSES
- Makes happen
- Marcher's movements
- Political movements
- Motives
- Reasons
- Brings about
- Marchers may take them up
- Triggers
- Leads to
- Things to get behind
More clues leading to the result YARD
- 1/220 furlong
- Sale site
- Kind of stick
- Playground
- Place for catch, often
- Football measurement
- Common thing found around the house
- Grounds
- Near-meter
- Play area
More clues leading to the result ACRES
- Units of area
- Farm measures
- Back forty's forty
- Plots that might need further development?
- Lot measures
- Land measures
- Lots of lots
- Lots and lots
- Building units?
- Realtors' units
More clues leading to the result REASONS
- Uses the left brain
- Justifications
- Thinks logically
- Logical explanations
- Thinks through
- They may be personal
- Argues logically
- Wherefores and whys
- Uses judgment
- Tries to influence, with "with"
More clues leading to the result PUNISHESONESKID
More clues leading to the result PROOF
- Geometry-class exercise
- Validation
- Evidence
- Geometry homework assignment
- Manuscript, just before printing
- Verification
- Smoking gun
- Smoking gun, say
- Geometry assignment
- Whiskey bottle word
More clues leading to the result ACREAGE
- Land
- Big plot
- Compound measurement
- Swath of land
- Land area measurement
- Land area
- Surveyer's determination
- Expanse of land
- Farmland
- Extent of land
More clues leading to the result KEEPSFROMFLYING
More clues leading to the result CAMPI
- Open places in Italy.
- Fields: Latin.
- Italian painter of Cremona school.
- Fields: It.
- Grounds.
- Fields: Lat.
- College grounds: Var.
- College precincts
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