Crossword-Solution: WIDE 4 letters, 171 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 8

Dictionary

Word	Word Type	Definition
Wide	superl.	Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow; broad; as, wide cloth; a wide table; a wide highway; a wide bed; a wide hall or entry.
Wide	superl.	Having a great extent every way; extended; spacious; broad; vast; extensive; as, a wide plain; the wide ocean; a wide difference.
Wide	superl.	Of large scope; comprehensive; liberal; broad; as, wide views; a wide understanding.
Wide	superl.	Of a certain measure between the sides; measuring in a direction at right angles to that of length; as, a table three feet wide.
Wide	superl.	Remote; distant; far.
Wide	superl.	Far from truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the like.
Wide	superl.	On one side or the other of the mark; too far side-wise from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
Wide	superl.	Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth organs; -- opposed to primary as used by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr. Sweet. The effect, as explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the pharynx; as explained by Mr. Sweet and others, it is due to the action of the tongue. The wide of / (/ve) is / (/ll); of a (ate) is / (/nd), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13-15.
Wide	adv.	To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent; as, his fame was spread wide.
Wide	adv.	So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.
Wide	adv.	So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose; aside; astray.
Wide	n.	That which is wide; wide space; width; extent.
Wide	n.	That which goes wide, or to one side of the mark.

Anagrams

Word		Anagrams
WIDE	anagram	EDIW, EDWI, WEID, WIED

We have 171 clues for the answer “WIDE”

Clue	Answers
"Eyes ___ Shut"	1 answer
"Into the Great ___ Open"	1 answer
"Open ___" (dentist's plea)	1 answer
"___ awake, I'm not sleeping" U2	1 answer
Covering a great span from side to side	1 answer
Adjective for the Missouri River.	1 answer
Adjective for the world.	1 answer
Ample in the middle	1 answer
Ample, as a doorway	1 answer
Announcer's call on a pitch	1 answer
Announcer's pitch call	1 answer
Between high and handsome	1 answer
Broad-beamed	1 answer
Broad-ranging	1 answer
Broadly based	1 answer
Companion of high and handsome	1 answer
Double-__ trailer	1 answer
EE, e.g.	1 answer
EEE, say	1 answer
Far left or far right, maybe	1 answer
Fully open	1 answer
Hard to get around	1 answer
Hard to get around, say	1 answer
Kind of receiver	1 answer
Left or right of the goalposts	1 answer
Left or right of the mark	1 answer
Like EE shoes	1 answer
Like EEE shoes	1 answer
Like a 10-lane highway	1 answer
Broad in extent	1 answer
Like a Windsor tie	1 answer
Like a highway with many lanes	1 answer
Like a lasagna noodle	1 answer
Like a mason jar's mouth	1 answer
Like a missed field goal, maybe	1 answer
Like a missed field goal, perhaps	1 answer
Like a mountain bike's tires	1 answer
Like a panoramic view	1 answer
Like a pitch outside	1 answer
Like an eagle's wingspan	1 answer
Like lasagna noodles	1 answer
Like many a missed field goal	1 answer
Like many missed field goals	1 answer
Like many unsuccessful field goal attempts	1 answer
Like some bad tennis shots	1 answer
Like some missed pitches	1 answer
Like some screens	1 answer
Like some smiles and loads	1 answer
Like the Missouri	1 answer
Not on goal, maybe	1 answer

✏️ Suggest another clue Know another question for crossword solution "WIDE"? Please add your clue to the biggest crossword databank now!

Kind of apple

?

E

?

A

?

T

?

E

?

R

Hint 1 meaning

One who, or that which, eats.

Hint 2 anagram

AEETR

Hint 3 another clue

greedy person

Play Crossword

21 +1

New Suggestion for "WIDE"

Related word tools

Unscramble WIDE 4-letter words that start with W 4-letter words that end in E 4-letter words containing ID 4-letter words containing DE 4-letter words with W and I

Sentences with WIDE (5)

Here dreaming, though wide-awake, of the exquisite tortures to which they were to put him at break of day, those confiding savages were found by the treacherous Hook.

Peter Pan James M. Barrie 1991

Over wide and rushing rivers In his arms he bore the maiden; Light he thought her as a feather, As the plume upon his head-gear; Cleared the tangled pathway for her, Bent aside the swaying branches, Made at night a lodge of branches, And a bed with boughs of hemlock, And a fire before the doorway With the dry cones of the pine-tree.

The Song Of Hiawatha Henry W. Longfellow 1991

First, what Revenge? the Towrs of Heav’n are fill’d With Armed watch, that render all access Impregnable; oft on the bordering Deep Encamp thir Legions, or with obscure wing Scout farr and wide into the Realm of night, Scorning surprize.

Paradise Lost John Milton 1991

What I have said respecting and against religion, I mean strictly to apply to the _slaveholding religion_ of this land, and with no possible reference to Christianity proper; for, between the Christianity of this land, and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference—so wide, that to receive the one as good, pure, and holy, is of necessity to reject the other as bad, corrupt, and wicked.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass 1992

Oscar and Lou, on the front seat, wore their cloth hats and coats, never worn except on Sundays, and Emil, on the second seat with Alexandra, sat proudly in his new trousers, made from a pair of his father’s, and a pink-striped shirt, with a wide ruffled collar.

O Pioneers! Willa Cather 1991

Quotes with WIDE (3)

True story This morning I jumped on my horse And went for a ride, And some wild outlaws chased me And shot me in the side. So I crawled into a wildcats cave To find a place to hide But some pirates found me sleeping there And soon they had me tied To a pole and built a fire Under me---I almost cried Till a mermaid came and cut me loose And begged to be my bride So I said id come back Wednesday But I must admit I lied. Then I ran into a jungle swamp But I forgot my guide And I…

Shel Silverstein

So it's true what they say about warlocks, then?" true?". "You can't be rude to everyone who talks to me." Alec made a wide, sweeping gesture. "And why not? Cramping your style, am I? I mean, maybe you were hoping to flirt with werewolf boy here. He's pretty attractive, if you like the messy-haired, broad-shouldered, chiseled-good-looks type.""Hey, now," said Jordan mildly. Magnus put his head in his hands. into?""Mermaids," said Magnus into his fingers. "They always smell li…

Cassandra Clare City of Fallen Angels

I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English―it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don't let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in. When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them―then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are wide apart. An adjective habit, or a wordy, diffuse, flowery habit, onc…

Mark Twain

Where this answer appears

Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, Three Across, TIME, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 258 times in crossword archives (1953–2025).