The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MERIT , but the solution may also be GOODNESS which is one of the most recent solution (2010 in New York Times).
Virtue crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MERIT | 69 % | 5 |
| GOODNESS | 23 % | 8 |
| ARETE | 8 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Virtue
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- virtuousness
- merit
- chastity
- moral excellence
- sexual morality
- moral
- morality
- ethical
- ethics
- conformity
- fact
- righteousness
Crossword Answer definitions
MERIT noun- A claim to commendation or a reward.
- A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence.
- Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.
- The sum of all the good deeds that a person does which determines the quality of the person's next state of existence and contributes to the person's growth towards enlightenment.
- Usually in the plural form the merits: the substantive rightness or wrongness of a legal argument, a lawsuit, etc., as opposed to technical matters such as the admissibility of evidence or points of legal procedure; (by extension) the overall good or bad quality, or rightness or wrongness, of some other thing.
- The quality or state of deserving retribution, whether reward or punishment.
- To deserve, to earn.
- To be deserving or worthy.
- To reward.
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 MERIT
- Excellence
- High value
- Kind of pay or system
- Worth
- Deserve
- Type of badge
- Be worthy of
- Parliament rival
- Scholarship consideration
- ___ badge
More clues leading to the result GOODNESS
- With 35- and 52-Across, a movie line; with 29- and 43-Across, response of 40-Down
- Integrity
- Virtue
- "My __!"
- "Heavens!"
- Quality of saints.
- Gracious introduction?
- "My word!"
- "Wow!"