Menu
Articles Puzzles Search
Log in Create account

Crossword Answer For

Main idea

Last seen in Universal Crossword October 16, 2025 Answers

If the clue "Main idea" has you puzzled, you've come to the right place. Last seen in the Universal Crossword crossword on October 16, 2025, this clue has 145 possible solutions. The answer with the highest confidence is GIST (4 letters) at 99%, based on our database of crossword puzzle answers.

Answer For Main idea:

Explain with AI

Tap each ? to reveal a letter, or show all at once.

145 Other Potential Answers

99%
GIST
Main idea
Universal Crossword · Oct 16, 2025
99%
THEME
*Main idea
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 18, 2018
8%
DONT
"Bad idea"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 26, 2026
8%
SENSE
General idea
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 17, 2026
8%
WHATACONCEPT
Sarcastic "Great idea!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 26, 2026
8%
OCEAN
Bounding main
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 26, 2026
8%
FLIRT
Toy (with), as an idea
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 23, 2026
8%
OCCAM
Franciscan philosopher who inspired the main character in "The Name of the Rose"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 7, 2026
8%
CUTAWAY
Movie shot that interrupts the main action
Universal Crossword · Jan 25, 2026
8%
ETNA
European volcano with two main ski resorts
Universal Crossword · Jan 5, 2026
8%
HERES
"___ an idea ..."
Universal Crossword · Jan 4, 2026
8%
THECATINTHEHAT
Dr. Seuss book whose main character wears a red bow tie (... letters 5-8)
Universal Crossword · Dec 29, 2025
8%
GISTS
Main ideas
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 27, 2025
8%
NAH
"Bad idea"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 18, 2025
8%
RATEDR
Like "Stand By Me," even though its main characters are all kids
Universal Crossword · Sep 27, 2025
8%
MESA
Home of Arizona's idea Museum
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 27, 2025
8%
THEMES
Main ideas
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 21, 2025
8%
ETC
"... you get the idea": Abbr.
Universal Crossword · Jun 29, 2025
8%
HITON
Come up with, as an idea
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 16, 2025
8%
KALECAESAR
Salad whose main ingredient may be massaged
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 7, 2025
8%
SIDESALAD
Dish that may accompany a main course, and what can be found at the start of 17-, 25-, 38-, or 53-Across?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 7, 2025
8%
BEATSME
“I have no idea”
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Mar 22, 2025
8%
GERM
Start of an idea
Universal Crossword · Mar 14, 2025
8%
PUTFORTH
Present, as an idea
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Mar 12, 2025
8%
BETTERNOT
"Actually, bad idea"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 14, 2025
8%
FRENCHTOAST
Its main ingredient should be slightly stale
Universal Crossword · Feb 5, 2025
8%
APP
Dish before a main
Universal Crossword · Feb 1, 2025
8%
CROSSROAD
It intersects a main street
Universal Crossword · Jan 24, 2025
8%
BACKSTREET
Thoroughfare away from the main drag, or what can be found in each set of circled letters
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 15, 2025
8%
SUSHI
Rolls that are a main course
Universal Crossword · Dec 31, 2024
8%
KERNEL
Essence of an idea
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 20, 2024
8%
SEED
Beginning of an idea
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 4, 2024
8%
OPENED
Performed before the main act
Universal Crossword · Nov 15, 2024
8%
NEWSTOME
"I had no idea!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 23, 2024
8%
STROKEOFGENIUS
Brilliant idea
Universal Crossword · Oct 6, 2024
8%
STREET
Yonge ___ (main road in Toronto)
Universal Crossword · Sep 18, 2024
8%
GOODSTUFF
“Great idea!”
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Sep 16, 2024
8%
THATSGENIUS
"Brilliant idea!"
Universal Crossword · Sep 15, 2024
8%
POSIT
Present, as an idea
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 12, 2024
8%
ARI
Name hidden in "clear idea"
Universal Crossword · Jul 28, 2024
1%
IST
Real or ideal suffix
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 31, 2026
1%
CARCARE
Auto maintenance
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 7, 2026
1%
PANARAB
Supporting Mideast unity
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 31, 2026
1%
DIOCESE
Bishop's domain
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 17, 2026
1%
EMIR
Mideast leader
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 12, 2026
1%
EDU
College domain
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 10, 2026
1%
STAY
Remain
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 9, 2026
1%
UNIVAC
Pioneering mainframe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 30, 2026
1%
FREEASSOCIATION
Therapy technique that encourages a thoughtful flow of ideas
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 8, 2026
1%
PLANTSITTER
Friend who maintains one's watering schedule, say
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 1, 2026
1%
HRE
Charlemagne's domain, briefly
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 22, 2026
1%
ABIDE
Remain faithful to, with "by"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 13, 2026
1%
EMBERS
Fireplace remains
Universal Crossword · Mar 9, 2026
1%
LATOYA
Sister of Janet and Jermaine
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 8, 2026
1%
STATESIDE
On the U.S. mainland
Universal Crossword · Mar 7, 2026
1%
RINK
Zamboni's domain
Universal Crossword · Mar 4, 2026
1%
LAIRS
Hideaways
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 2, 2026
1%
REALM
Royal domain
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 2, 2026
1%
NORMIEMEME
Viral piece of content that has become too mainstream
Universal Crossword · Feb 14, 2026
1%
HUG
Remain close to
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 10, 2026
1%
ONPAPER
Where bad ideas might look better
Universal Crossword · Jan 30, 2026
1%
SEEN
"It remains to be ___"
Universal Crossword · Jan 24, 2026
1%
AREA
Domain
Universal Crossword · Jan 5, 2026
1%
STREAKS
Achievements maintained by logging in daily
Universal Crossword · Dec 30, 2025
1%
DREGS
Remains in the barrel
Universal Crossword · Dec 12, 2025
1%
QUOTIENT
Result alongside a remainder
Universal Crossword · Dec 8, 2025
1%
LAIR
Hideaway
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 21, 2025
1%
DOCILE
Like animals in a petting zoo, ideally
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 18, 2025
1%
TEN
Diver's ideal score
Universal Crossword · Oct 29, 2025
1%
STAYED
Remained
Universal Crossword · Oct 28, 2025
1%
YAHOO
Fantasy Football domain
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 26, 2025
1%
AMMAN
Mideast capital once named Philadelphia
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 17, 2025
1%
PLOT
Compelling feature of a novel, ideally
Universal Crossword · Sep 21, 2025
1%
BLINDS
Hunters' hideaways
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 14, 2025
1%
DRY
Like kindling, ideally
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 11, 2025
1%
ANY
"__ ideas?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 9, 2025
1%
ETAIL
Etsy's domain
Universal Crossword · Sep 5, 2025
1%
QUALITYCONTROL
System of maintaining standards
Universal Crossword · Sep 5, 2025
1%
NOTES
App for writing down crossword ideas
Universal Crossword · Sep 1, 2025
1%
DEBRIS
Remains
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 15, 2025
1%
TRON
1982 film set inside a mainframe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 14, 2025
1%
ATTIC
Story that may remain unfinished
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 9, 2025
1%
ORG
Nonprofit domain
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 8, 2025
1%
STOOD
Remained in effect
Universal Crossword · Aug 4, 2025
1%
ELAL
Mideast airline
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 3, 2025
1%
LONGDIVISION
Mathematical operation that may have a remainder
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 3, 2025
1%
SEA
Poseidon's domain, in myth
Universal Crossword · Jul 26, 2025
1%
IMALLEARS
"Let's hear your ideas"
Universal Crossword · Jul 22, 2025
1%
ALT
Not mainstream, informally
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 8, 2025
1%
IGOTNOTHIN
"Guess who's outta ideas? Me!"
Universal Crossword · Jun 14, 2025
1%
TREEFORT
Backyard hideaway
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 1, 2025
1%
ORNOT
"... unless you have other ideas"
Universal Crossword · May 22, 2025
1%
ALTPOP
Indie genre with mainstream appeal
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 22, 2025
1%
MIL
Domain suffix for a private employer
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 23, 2025
1%
POPDUO
Twosome of mainstream music
Universal Crossword · Apr 15, 2025
1%
NEEDY
High-maintenance
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Apr 4, 2025
1%
SIT
Remain unused
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Mar 27, 2025
1%
DEADSEA
Mideast salt lake
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Mar 20, 2025
1%
DOJ
AG's domain
Universal Crossword · Mar 19, 2025
1%
ADEN
Mideast gulf
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Mar 18, 2025
1%
NICHE
Not mainstream
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 16, 2025
1%
SCALENE
Like a sailboat's mainsail
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 23, 2025
1%
TRACKRECORD
Newspaper that caters to railroad maintenance workers?
Universal Crossword · Feb 20, 2025
1%
ARABIA
Mideast peninsula
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Feb 15, 2025
1%
DINOSAURFOSSILS
Remains in a museum
Universal Crossword · Feb 15, 2025
1%
ASH
Some barbecue remains
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 12, 2025
1%
SEAS
Neptune’s domain
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Feb 4, 2025
1%
WHIMS
Fanciful ideas
Premier Sunday Crossword · Feb 2, 2025
1%
GEOM
Euclidean subj.
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Jan 30, 2025
1%
AMOR
Cupid's domain
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 28, 2025
1%
OMAN
Mideast sultanate
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Jan 25, 2025
1%
PEND
Remain unsettled
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 22, 2025
1%
IDO
Sentence said twice at a wedding (ideally)
Universal Crossword · Jan 20, 2025
1%
LEASHED
Like a dog in a crowded park, ideally
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 14, 2025
1%
LOT
Valet's domain
Universal Crossword · Jan 11, 2025
1%
PATIO
Grillmaster's domain
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 21, 2024
1%
TREX
Dino whose arms weren't ideal for pushups
Universal Crossword · Nov 29, 2024
1%
INDIE
Not mainstream
Universal Crossword · Nov 15, 2024
1%
PILLOWFORT
Sleepover hideaway
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 11, 2024
1%
SUEZ
Mideast canal
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 11, 2024
1%
SUN
Domain of the Incan god Inti or the Greek god Helios
Universal Crossword · Nov 10, 2024
1%
DIVA
High-maintenance star
Universal Crossword · Nov 5, 2024
1%
ISLEFT
"What else ___?" ("What else remains?")
Universal Crossword · Oct 31, 2024
1%
HEARTH
Hestia's domain
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 26, 2024
1%
SINAI
Mideast peninsula
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Oct 22, 2024
1%
AREAS
Domains
Premier Sunday Crossword · Oct 20, 2024
1%
STAYS
Remains
Universal Crossword · Oct 16, 2024
1%
INCAEMPIRE
South American domain name
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 12, 2024
1%
TEETH
Dentist's domain
Universal Crossword · Oct 12, 2024
1%
HADES
Devil’s domain
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Oct 11, 2024
1%
ASHES
Firepit remains
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 8, 2024
1%
PAVETHEWAY
Part of a road maintenance worker's job description?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 6, 2024
1%
IONIANISLAND
*One in a chain west of mainland Greece
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 1, 2024
1%
PANIC
Fail to remain calm
Premier Sunday Crossword · Sep 22, 2024
1%
EMIRS
Mideast leaders
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 10, 2024
1%
LETTUCES
Iceberg and romaine, e.g.
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Sep 9, 2024
1%
TAO
Confucian ideal
Universal Crossword · Aug 30, 2024
1%
TEXTFILE
Document where one might keep unorganized crossword ideas
Universal Crossword · Aug 25, 2024
1%
DENS
Cozy hideaways
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 11, 2024
1%
LOVE
Cupid's domain
Universal Crossword · Aug 6, 2024
1%
EAU
What remains if you remove all the consonants from 13 long answers in this puzzle
Premier Sunday Crossword · Jul 21, 2024
1%
PENDS
Remains unsettled
Universal Crossword · Jul 19, 2024
1%
KEEPSCOOL
*Remains calm
Universal Crossword · Jul 10, 2024
1%
HABIB
Mideast envoy Philip
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Jul 6, 2024
1%
REALMS
Domains
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 6, 2024

Clues for Universal Crossword on October 16, 2025

"Fingers crossed!" Crossword Clue Where the Knicks play, for short Crossword Clue Goes for a stroll Crossword Clue Relating to kidneys Crossword Clue French for "yes" Crossword Clue French for "goodbye" Crossword Clue Hunter of "The Hunger Games" Crossword Clue Tedious task Crossword Clue New Jersey county named for an English county Crossword Clue Ladder step Crossword Clue

Frequently Asked Questions

How many possible solutions does "Main idea" have?
We found 2 exact solutions and 145 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is GIST (4 letters).
What is the best answer for "Main idea"?
The best answer for "Main idea" is GIST with 4 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions. Other exact solutions include THEME (5 letters).
Where has "Main idea" been used as a crossword clue?
This clue has appeared 11 times in our database. It has been featured in Universal Crossword, Thomas Joseph Crossword, LA Times Daily Crossword, Premier Sunday Crossword. It was last seen in the Universal Crossword on October 16, 2025.
Create Your Own Crossword
Build custom crossword puzzles and share them with anyone. You'll need a free account to get started.

Write your own clues & answers

Add as many clue/answer pairs as you like and we'll generate the crossword grid automatically.

Share with a unique link

Every puzzle gets a unique URL you can share on WhatsApp, social media, or with friends.

Download as PDF

Print your puzzle for classrooms, parties, or just for fun on paper.

Track plays & stats

See how many people played your puzzle, completion rates, and average solve times.

Create Free Account Log In