Opening (6 letters)

{ Answer }

ACCESS

{ Related Clues }

Admission
Admittance
Approach
Availability
Entrance
Entree
Entry
Entryway
Get at
Get to
Passage
Passageway
Public ___
The "A" in RAM
Door or gate
Gatekeeper's grant
Get into
Hacker's achievement
Kind of road
Means of approach
Tap into
Ins have it
Outsiders may not get it

{ Tags }

access, admission, approach, availability, entrance, entree, entry, get, ins, into, it, kind, may, means, not, opening, outsiders, passageway, public, road, tap

{ Notes }

The answer ACCESS is uncommon, appearing about once every 375 puzzles.

{ Definition }

ACCESS as a noun:

1. (entree, access, accession, admittance) = the right to enter

2. the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)

3. (access, approach) = a way of entering or leaving; "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge"

4. (access, access code) = a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.)

5. (access, memory access) = (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information

6. the act of approaching or entering; "he gained access to the building"

ACCESS as a verb:

1. obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer

2. (access, get at) = reach or gain access to; "How does one access the attic in this house?"; "I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof"