The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word NOUN which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2021.
Word that might be "proper" crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NOUN | 100 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Word that might be "proper"
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- noun
- boi
- booing
- noo
- proverbial
- rebus
- properly
- periphrasis
- auxesis
- fred
- lasting
- want
Crossword Answer definitions
NOUN noun- (grammar, narrow sense) A word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
- (grammar, now rare, broad sense) Either a word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality or idea, or a word that modifies or describes a previous word or its referent; a substantive or adjective, sometimes also including other parts of speech such as numeral or pronoun.
- To convert a word to a noun.
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