Crossword Clue: Basketball legend Jordan
Here's the answer to the Basketball legend Jordan crossword clue, with an explanation and where it has appeared.
Definition & answer: MICHAEL
"Basketball legend Jordan" points to MICHAEL, a 7-letter entry that starts with M and finishes on L and carries 3 vowels. Because every square it occupies also belongs to a down or across answer crossing it, you can often back into MICHAEL from the letters around it rather than the clue alone.
Origin & meaning
Michael Jordan is an American basketball icon who won six NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls. He is widely regarded as the greatest player ever.
Common usage
Compact, vowel-friendly answers such as MICHAEL are a constructor's staple: they slot into a 7-square space and play nicely in both directions. Solvers who recognize it on sight save real time on the daily puzzle.
Crossword trivia
Michael belongs to the small vocabulary of words that appear constantly in grids. Because it's only 7 letters, editors can drop it almost anywhere, which is why regular solvers know it on sight.
Stuck on this clue?
Stuck on "Basketball legend Jordan"? Don't force it — solve the clues crossing this slot instead. One or two intersecting letters usually make MICHAEL obvious. Working from the crossings is the single most useful habit for getting faster.
This clue in different puzzles
The clue "Basketball legend Jordan" is just one way to arrive at MICHAEL. Across different puzzles and editors you may see the same answer clued as "Olympic swimmer Phelps", "Scientist Faraday". Recognizing that a single answer can wear many clues is one of the fastest ways to level up as a solver.
Example sentences
- "A 7-letter slot and a clue like 'Basketball legend Jordan'? That's MICHAEL nine times out of ten."
- "I second-guessed it, but the crossing answers confirmed MICHAEL was right."
- "I had the crossing letters, so writing MICHAEL into the grid took no time at all."