The Clue
A few (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SOME
Tags
Notes
The answer SOME is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
Related Clues
About
Any
Approximately
A bit
Certain
"Have ___!"
Incompletely
A little
"___ nerve!"
Partially
Partly
A portion
"___ pumpkins!"
"___ punkins!"
Several
"Try ___"
Upward of
A few or more
Homophone for sum
Indefinite amount
Indefinite number
More or less
Not all
Word with one or what
Between 0% and 100%
Between few and many
Bother or trouble ending
"___ Like It Hot"
"___ help you are!"
"___ like it hot . . . "
"You can fool ___ of . . . "
Amount between all and none
"___ are born great . . . ": Shakespeare
"___ Came Running," book by Jones
"___ Came Running": J. Jones
"___ Like It Hot": 1959 film
Definition
SOME as an adjective:
1. quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity; "have some milk"; "some roses were still blooming"; "having some friends over"; "some apples"; "some paper"
2. relatively many but unspecified in number; "they were here for some weeks"; "we did not meet again for some years"
3. remarkable; "that was some party"; "she is some skier"
4. relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent; "we talked for some time"; "he was still some distance away"
SOME as an adverb:
1. (approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or so) = (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party"