The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word ERA , but the solution may also be TERM which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Time period crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ERA | 48 % | 3 |
| YEAR | 9 % | 4 |
| SPAN | 9 % | 4 |
| EON | 9 % | 3 |
| EPOCH | 4 % | 5 |
| TERM | 3 % | 4 |
| HOUR | 3 % | 4 |
| DURATION | 2 % | 8 |
| SPELL | 2 % | 5 |
| DAY | 2 % | 3 |
| WEEK | 2 % | 4 |
| AEON | 1 % | 4 |
| CENTURY | 1 % | 7 |
| AGE | 1 % | 3 |
| DECADE | 1 % | 6 |
| WHILE | 1 % | 5 |
| CYCLE | 1 % | 5 |
| SOLARYEAR | 1 % | 9 |
| ERAS | 1 % | 4 |
| MONTH | 1 % | 5 |
Why may TERM be the right solution?
The word "term" can refer to a specific period of time, making it a fitting answer for the clue "Time period."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Time period
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- period of time
- period
- time frame
- timeframe
- historic period
- timespan
- time scale
- time line
- timescale
- time interval
- time being
- timeline
Crossword Answer definitions
ERA noun- A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.
- A unit of time, smaller than eons and greater than periods.
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 ERA
- "__ of Good Feelings"
- Big Band, e.g.
- Big time
- Christian __
- Christian, for one
- Gay Nineties, e.g.
- Generation
- Geologic division
- Historic period
- Historical period
More clues leading to the result YEAR
- 88 Earth days, on Mercury
- Calendar length, usually
- Five-__ Plan
- From the __ one (for ages)
- Twelve months
- Man of the ___
- Scorpio-Libra
- Senior, for one
- Time span
- Wine-bottle datum
More clues leading to the result SPAN
- Bridge
- Extent
- Plane dimension
- C follower
- Connection
- Thumb-to-pinkie distance
- Wingspread
- About nine inches
- C follower on TV
- Extend over
More clues leading to the result EON
- A billion years
- A month of Sundays
- Eternity
- Long, long time
- Many eras
- One billion years in ONE?
- Roughly forever
- A lo-o-ong time
- Age
- Ages and ages
More clues leading to the result EPOCH
- Geologic time
- Memorable period
- Distinctive period
- Earth science chapter
- Geologist's division
- Historic period
- Time period
- Geological period
- Long time
- Paleontology period
More clues leading to the result TERM
- Expression
- Quarter or semester
- Set length of time
- Limited period of time
- Semester
- Sentence
- Time that a seat is held
- Contract definition
- Prison ___
- Social studies word
More clues leading to the result HOUR
- 12 to 1, e.g.
- Day part
- Lunch break, perhaps
- One of 24
- Sixty minutes
- Shrink's billable segment
- Consultant's billable unit
- One of 24 at Le Mans
- Zero or 11th follower
- Happy or zero follower
More clues leading to the result DURATION
- Continuance in time
- Length of time
- Term
- Lifetime.
- Time period.
- Period covered
- Measured time
- Continuation in time
- Length
- Period
More clues leading to the result SPELL
- Period of time
- Love-potion effect
- Amount to, as doom
- Be in a bee
- Accio or Glisseo in Harry Potter, e.g.
- Casting call?
- Enchantment
- Hex
- Mage's casting
- Magic touch?
More clues leading to the result DAY
- "A _____ At the Races"
- Kind of camp or care
- 86,400 seconds
- Daniel __-Lewis
- Kind of camp
- Time period
- Eve follower
- Word before and after "by" in a "Godspell" song title
- It breaks at sunrise
- It goes on for hours
More clues leading to the result WEEK
- 168 hours
- Half a fortnight
- 40 hours, to some
- Calendar row
- Time between paychecks, usually
- Sweeps __
- Monday through Sunday
- Seven days in May, say
- The Beatles' "Eight Days a ___"
- Calendar line
More clues leading to the result AEON
- A billion years
- A very long time
- Age
- An indefinitely long period of time
- Eternity
- Indefinite period
- A long, long time
- Ages and ages
- Many a millennium
- "___ Flux" (Peter Chung animated series)
More clues leading to the result CENTURY
- Buick model
- Millennium component
- Long time
- One-tenth of a millennium.
- Long time.
- Period of years.
- Roman body of soldiers.
- Period in history
- Longtime Buick model
- A tenth of a millenium
More clues leading to the result AGE
- Beauty preceder?
- Bio bit
- Cause of wrinkles
- Generation
- Get better, as wine
- Get older
- Go gray
- Grow sharper
- Historic period
- Iron or Bronze
More clues leading to the result DECADE
- Ten years
- One might be roaring, gay, or swinging
- Big stretch
- Nineties, for one
- The Roaring Twenties, e.g.
- Century fraction
- Twenties, e.g.
- The twenties or thirties
- The '60s, e.g.
- Century division
More clues leading to the result WHILE
- Fiddle away, as with time
- Happening at the same time that
- Considerable time
- During the time that
- Sandra Bullock's "___ You Were Sleeping"
- As long as
- Even though
- During
- Vague time period
- Spend leisurely, with "away"
More clues leading to the result CYCLE
- Washing-machine interval
- Season, in "America's Next Top Model" lingo
- Round trip?
- Wash-rinse-dry, e.g.
- Go by trike, say
- Single, double, triple, and homer
- Rare batting achievement
- Washer's sequence
- Literary works on a central theme
- Compete in a velodrome
More clues leading to the result SOLARYEAR
- Period between vernal equinoxes
- *Period between consecutive spring equinoxes
- Approximately 365ΒΌ days.
- Time period.
- About 365 days
- About 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 46 seconds
More clues leading to the result ERAS
- Chapters of history
- Christian and others
- Important periods
- Important times
- Memorable times
- Newsworthy times
- Notable times
- Old times
- Periods of time
- Sports-page stats