Words Every Crossword Puzzler Should Know: 4-letter words, List 1

This list features 4-letter words that are commonly found in crossword puzzles and their common clues.
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  1. area
    a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary
    Common Crossword Clues

    ·Neighborhood
    ·Vicinity
    ·Zone
    ·Region
    ·Neck of the woods
  2. aloe
    succulent plant having rosettes of leaves and showy flowers
    Common Crossword Clues

    ·___ vera
    ·Lotion ingredient
    ·Burn soother
    ·Balm ingredient
    ·Skin soother
  3. aria
    an elaborate song for solo voice
    Common Crossword Clues

    ·Diva's delivery
    ·Diva's song
    ·Met song
    ·Song for a diva
    ·Operatic solo
  4. knee
    hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
    Common Crossword Clues

    ·Pants part
    ·Place for a pad
    ·Joint with a cap
    ·Patella's place
    ·Baby-bouncing locale
  5. oreo
    chocolate cookie with white cream filling
    Common Crossword Clues

    ·Nabisco cookie
    ·Modern ice cream flavor
    ·Creme-filled snack
    ·Black-and-white cookie
    ·Creme-filled cookie
  6. idea
    the content of cognition
    Common Crossword Clues

    ·Brainstorm
    ·Notion
    ·Inkling
    ·Concept
    ·Bright thought
  7. asea
    in the direction of the sea
    Common Crossword Clues

    ·Out of port
    ·Sailing
    ·Not docked
    ·Between ports
    ·On the main
  8. anti
    not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.)
    Common Crossword Clues

    ·Con
    ·Opposed to
    ·Not pro
    ·Nay sayer
    ·Opposed
  9. acre
    a unit of area used in English-speaking countries
    Common Crossword Clues

    ·Farm unit
    ·Farm measure
    ·Field unit
    ·Plot unit
    ·One to grow on?
  10. neon
    a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
    Common Crossword Clues

    ·It's a gas
    ·Element #10
    ·It's inert
    ·It's noble
    ·Sign gas
  11. anon
    (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while
    Common Crossword Clues

    ·Shortly
    ·In a bit
    ·Soon
    ·Before long
    ·In a while
  12. ease
    freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
    Common Crossword Clues

    ·Facility
    ·Simplicity
    ·Naturalness
    ·Leisure
    ·Comfort
  13. oleo
    a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
    Common Crossword Clues

    ·Margarine
    ·Butter alternative
    ·Toast topper
    ·Bread spread
    ·Butter substitute
  14. oral
    using speech rather than writing
    Common Crossword Clues

    ·Spoken
    ·Kind of history
    ·Kind of hygiene
    ·Face-to-face exam
    ·Not written
  15. epee
    a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
    Common Crossword Clues

    ·One-on-one sport
    ·Sporting blade
    ·Blunted blade
    ·Fencing blade
    ·Fencing sword
  16. alee
    on the side facing away from the wind
    Common Crossword Clues

    ·Away from the wind
    ·Sheltered
    ·Toward shelter
    ·Direction at sea
    ·Out of the wind
  17. alas
    by bad luck
    Common Crossword Clues

    ·"Woe is me!"
    ·"Oh, woe!"
    ·"Ah, me!"
    ·[Sigh]
    ·"Too bad!"
  18. omen
    a sign of a thing about to happen
    Common Crossword Clues

    ·Sign
    ·Harbinger
    ·Augury
    ·Straw in the wind
    ·Shooting star, maybe
  19. tsar
    a male monarch or emperor, especially in Russia
    Common Crossword Clues

    ·Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Tale of ___ Saltan"
    ·Peter the Great, e.g.
    ·Romanov ruler
    ·Ivan or Nicholas
    ·Pre-1917 ruler
  20. odor
    any property detected by the sense of smell
    Common Crossword Clues

    ·Scent
    ·Stench
    ·Skunk's defense
    ·Repute
    ·Aroma
Created on Thu Nov 30 18:06:03 EST 2023 (updated Thu Nov 30 19:30:37 EST 2023)

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