Crossword-Solution: HUG 3 letters, 186 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 7

Dictionary

Word	Word Type	Definition
Hug	v. i.	To cower; to crouch; to curl up.
Hug	v. i.	To crowd together; to cuddle.
Hug	v. t.	To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom; to embrace.
Hug	v. t.	To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
Hug	v. t.	To keep close to; as, to hug the land; to hug the wind.
Hug	n.	A close embrace or clasping with the arms, as in affection or in wrestling.

Anagrams

Word		Anagrams
HUG	anagram	UGH

We have 186 clues for the answer “HUG”

Clue	Answers
"How about a ___!"	1 answer
"I need a __"	1 answer
"O," in love letters	1 answer
"Supernatural Superserious" band	1 answer
"Welcome home" greeting	1 answer
"You look like you need a ___!"	1 answer
ARROGANT BUT AFFECTIONATE COWBOY EMBRACES HOUSEKEEPER?	1 answer
Affectionate embrace	1 answer
An O may symbolize one	1 answer
An O might represent one	1 answer
Arm-y gesture?	1 answer
Bear follower	1 answer
Bear greeting?	1 answer
Bear of a greeting?	1 answer
Bear offering?	1 answer
Bear or group follower	1 answer
Bear's greeting?	1 answer
Bear's offering	1 answer
Big embrace	1 answer
Bro-to-bro affection	1 answer
Child's reward, often	1 answer
Clasp tightly	1 answer
Cling together	1 answer
Common airport greeting	1 answer
Congeniality gesture	1 answer
Consoler's offering	1 answer
Demonstration of affection.	1 answer
Each O of "XOXO"	1 answer
FIT tight	1 answer
Fit tightly around	1 answer
Follow closely, as curves	1 answer
Follow closely, as the curb	1 answer
Friendly squeeze	1 answer
GET warm	1 answer
Give a squeeze	1 answer
Good thing to give your child	1 answer
Greet like a bear	1 answer
Greeting for a grandchild	1 answer
Greeting from Grandma	1 answer
Have a crush on someone?	1 answer
Hold like a bear	1 answer
Intrusive greeting, to some	1 answer
It brings people together	1 answer
Keep close to	1 answer
Keep close to, as the coastline	1 answer
Kiss go-with	1 answer
Leo Buscaglia greeting	1 answer
Letter O?	1 answer
Main squeeze's squeeze	1 answer
Manifest affection	1 answer

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Hint 1 meaning

One who, or that which, eats.

Hint 2 anagram

EERTA

Hint 3 another clue

greedy person

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Sentences with HUG (5)

She ran to the door and pulled the old woman into the house with a hug, helping her to take off her wraps while Alexandra blanketed the horse outside.

O Pioneers! Willa Cather 1991

Now for Mexican Town and the Kohlers! She meant to run in on the old woman without warning, and hug her.

The Song of the Lark Willa Cather 1992

The publisher must monitor and hug the fine line between giving users what they want and suggesting what they might need.

LOC Workshop on Electronic Texts Library of Congress 1993

The stretch where I must hug the left wall to avoid the pits was darkest of them all, and I was nearly over the edge of the abyss before I knew that I was near the danger spot.

The Warlord of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993

The sight of the tears whisked my mind to a far distant and a sadder scene—in Terra del Fuego—and with Darwin’s eyes I saw a naked great savage hurl his little boy against the rocks for a trifling fault; saw the poor mother gather up her dying child and hug it to her breast and weep, uttering no word.

What Is Man? And Other Stories Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 1993

Quotes with HUG (3)

Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

Og Mandino

Being a friend means knowing how to keep a confidence. Knowing when to be supportive and when to be quiet and show compassion. Sometimes saying nothing at all is the best thing you can do, because all that’s really needed is a hug.

Arven-TheWolfmyinnerSoul

Prayer is the best way to hug those who are far away.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Where this answer appears

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

Used 192 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).