The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ERAS , but the solution may also be EPOCHS which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Time periods crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ERAS | 53 % | 4 |
| EONS | 15 % | 4 |
| YEARS | 9 % | 5 |
| AGES | 5 % | 4 |
| AEONS | 3 % | 5 |
| DAYS | 3 % | 4 |
| EPOCHS | 2 % | 6 |
| DECADES | 2 % | 7 |
| WEEKS | 2 % | 5 |
| SPANS | 1 % | 5 |
| LUNARMONTHS | 1 % | 11 |
| SEASONS | 1 % | 7 |
| SPELLS | 1 % | 6 |
| HOURS | 1 % | 5 |
Why may EPOCHS be the right solution?
"EPOCHS" is the right answer because an epoch is a specific period of time in history or a person's life that is significant or noteworthy. The clue "Time periods" is a general reference to specific eras or divisions of time, which aligns with the definition of an epoch.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Time periods
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- period of time
- period
- timing
- days
- deadlines
- timeliness
- years
- timeline
- delays
- durations
- hours
- long
Crossword Answer definitions
ERAS 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 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
More clues leading to the result EONS
- Forever
- Forever, seemingly
- Geologic times
- Millions of years
- Time periods
- Ages
- Long periods of time
- Roughly forever
- Years and years and years and ...
- Wait at the DMV, it seems
More clues leading to the result YEARS
- "The ___"; Virginia Woolf novel
- A coon's age
- Long time
- Sophomore and junior, e.g.
- Twelve month periods
- Earth orbits
- A dog's age
- The time of one's life?
- Time (seemingly) in between checks, for a freelancer
- Quite some time
More clues leading to the result AGES
- Bronze and Iron
- Dark or Middle follower
- Many moons
- Matures into a SAGE?
- Mellows
- Quite a while
- Gets older
- Gets on
- Iron and Ice
- Matures
More clues leading to the result AEONS
- Blue moons
- Ages and ages
- Just about forever
- Big stretches
- Earth science chapters
- Time it takes mountains to form
- They comprise eternities
- Billion-year spans
- Forever, it seems
- Stretches between ice ages
More clues leading to the result DAYS
- "Death Valley __"
- "__ of Our Lives"
- Calendar squares
- Clarence and Doris
- Salad or dog follower
- Calendric units
- "Dog ___ Are Over" (Florence + The Machine)
- "The Twelve ___ of Christmas"
- Light times
- Cell-wall tally
More clues leading to the result EPOCHS
- Geochronological periods
- Earth science chapters?
- Geologic time divisions
- Miocene and Pliocene
- Period pieces
- Period pieces?
- Times to remember
- Big times
- Time pieces
- Noteworthy periods
More clues leading to the result DECADES
- They last for years
- U.S. Census intervals
- Millennium hundredths
- The '60s and the '70s
- Years and years
- The Gay Nineties and Roaring Twenties
- Time line segments
- Timeline divisions
- 10-year periods
- Many years
More clues leading to the result WEEKS
- Pay periods
- "Two ___" (FKA twigs single)
- Units of time
- They last for days
- Long wait for repairs
- Time
- Work units
- Pay periods, often
- Payroll periods, often
- Typical pay periods
More clues leading to the result SPANS
- Bridges
- Reaches over
- Wings' measures
- Goes over
- Reaches across
- Runs across
- Goes across
- Bridge sections
- Straddles
- Traverses
More clues leading to the result LUNARMONTHS
More clues leading to the result SEASONS
- Adds flavor
- Adds spice
- Vivaldi's foursome
- Annual foursome
- Regular quartet
- Salts, e.g.
- They're basically quarters
- Four __: luxury hotel
- "Friends" had 10 of them
- Gives a kick
More clues leading to the result SPELLS
- Takes over for
- Incantations
- They're cast
- Cast stuff
- Relieves
- Wand-wielders' words
- Potter's repertoire
- Takes part in a bee
- Wizard's repertoire
- Bits of witchcraft