Usually means: Hint or information aiding solution.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word clue:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. clue: Merriam-Webster
  2. clue: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. clue, clue: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. clue: Collins English Dictionary
  5. clue: Vocabulary.com
  6. Clue, clue: Wordnik
  7. clue: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. clue: Wiktionary
  9. clue: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. clue (clew): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. clue: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Clue, clue: Dictionary.com
  13. clue: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. clue: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Clue (board game), Clue (book series), Clue (disambiguation), Clue (film), Clue (game), Clue (miniseries), Clue (mobile app), Clue (mobile games), Clue (musical), Clue, The Clue, The Clue: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Clue: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. clue: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. clue: Rhymezone
  19. clue: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. clue: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. CLUE: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. Clue: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. clue: FreeDictionary.org
  24. clue: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. clue: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. clue: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. clue: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. clue: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. CLUE: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. clue: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. clue, clue: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See clued as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (now rare) A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
noun:  Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
noun:  An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
noun:  Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)
verb:  To provide with a clue.
verb:  To provide someone with information which they lack (often used with "in" or "up").
noun:  The board game Cluedo whose goal is to solve the mystery of a fictitious murder.
verb:  Alternative form of clew [(transitive) to roll into a ball]

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