What is the answer to the crossword clue "amble"?

There is more than one. 8 words in our dictionary fit this clue, and which one a puzzle wants depends on the length of the slot and the crossing letters. Five squares is MOSEY, the American word for exactly this and a favourite of setters because of its unusual letters. Six squares gives you STROLL and RAMBLE, which the crossings will separate.

How many letters is the answer to "amble"?

Anything from 5 to 13. The length with the most candidates is 6. Count the squares in your grid and read only that row of the table.

How reliable are these answers?

5 of the 8 appear in two independently compiled reference works, WordNet and Moby Thesaurus, rather than one. All of them are in the 173,000-word dictionary this site searches. None of them comes from any published puzzle.

Crossword clue

Amble crossword clue

8 words in our dictionary can answer the crossword clue "amble", from 5 letters up to 13, grouped below by the length of your slot.

Written by Blake Boege

Answers by length

5 different lengths answer this one. Yours is whichever row matches the squares in the grid.

Letters	Answers
5	moseyconfirmed by two sources
6	strollconfirmed by two sources rambleconfirmed by two sources
7	saunterconfirmed by two sources meander
9	promenadeconfirmed by two sources walkabout
13	perambulation

What this list looks like

5 of these mean the same as the clue and 3 are kinds of it, which is a distinction worth holding on to when two look equally good.

Which one does the setter mean?

Five squares is MOSEY, the American word for exactly this and a favourite of setters because of its unusual letters. Six squares gives you STROLL and RAMBLE, which the crossings will separate.

How these differ

These are all unhurried walks and differ in whether they have a destination. STROLL and SAUNTER are leisurely but directed, SAUNTER adding a hint of self-satisfaction. MOSEY is the same idea with a Western accent. RAMBLE and MEANDER have no particular destination, MEANDER borrowed from a winding river in Turkey. PROMENADE is a stroll performed in public where being seen is part of the point. WALKABOUT is Australian and originally something quite specific and cultural, now used loosely for a wander.

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Where these answers come from

Worth saying where this list comes from. Every word above is recorded by WordNet as meaning “amble” or as naming a kind of it, and each one is in the 173,000-wordlist this site searches. Moby Thesaurus lists 5 of them too. We hold no newspaper's answer key and reproduce no published crossword.

Common questions

What is the answer to the crossword clue "amble"?: There is more than one. 8 words in our dictionary fit this clue, and which one a puzzle wants depends on the length of the slot and the crossing letters. Five squares is MOSEY, the American word for exactly this and a favourite of setters because of its unusual letters. Six squares gives you STROLL and RAMBLE, which the crossings will separate.
How many letters is the answer to "amble"?: Anything from 5 to 13. The length with the most candidates is 6. Count the squares in your grid and read only that row of the table.
How reliable are these answers?: 5 of the 8 appear in two independently compiled reference works, WordNet and Moby Thesaurus, rather than one. All of them are in the 173,000-word dictionary this site searches. None of them comes from any published puzzle.