Crossword answer · 10 letters
UNDERWORLD definition and meaning
UN-dur-wurld · noun
UNDERWORLD
What does UNDERWORLD mean?
The underworld is the community and activity associated with organized crime, or a mythic realm of the dead.
What does UNDERWORLD mean in a crossword?
UNDERWORLD can answer clues about criminals' sphere, organized crime, a shadowy realm, or the land of the dead in mythology.
Why is UNDERWORLD useful to learn?
Its two established senses let constructors use a direct criminal meaning, a mythological meaning, or wording that deliberately plays between them.
Common clue patterns
- Criminals' sphere
- Realm of organized crime
- Mythic land of the dead
These are editorially written pattern summaries, not a reproduced puzzle archive.
Other meanings to watch
In crime reporting, underworld refers to people and networks involved in illegal activity. In religion and mythology, it names a realm below or a destination of the dead rather than a criminal organization.