The Clue
Word with one or what (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SOME
Tags
Notes
The answer SOME is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
Related Clues
About
Approximately
Certain
To a degree
A few
"___ nerve!"
A number of
Partially
Partly
A portion
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"___ punkins!"
Several
A smattering of
"___ Enchanted Evening"
Indefinite amount
Indefinite quantity
Indeterminate number
Not all
Suffix for tooth
Time starter
Unspecified number
Bother or trouble ending
Finish for hand or win
"___ Like It Hot"
"___ like it hot . . . "
"You can fool ___ of . . . "
Amount between all and none
Amount between none and all
"___ are born great . . . ": Shak.
"___ are born great . . . ": Shakespeare
"___ Came Running": J. Jones
"___ must be spectators": Jonson
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"