Punctuation marks are symbols used to separate and organize written language. The crossword solutions for the term punctuation mark include COMMA (5 letters), caret (5 letters), COLON (5 letters), HYPHEN (6 letters), APOSTROPHE (10 letters), DASH (4 letters), semicolon (9 letters), PERIOD (6 letters), and fullstop (8 letters). Commas are used to separate items in a list or to indicate a pause in a sentence. Carets are used to indicate that something should be inserted into a sentence. Colons are used to introduce a list or to emphasize a point. Hyphens are used to join two words together or to divide a word at the end of a line. Apostrophes are used to indicate possession or to replace missing letters in a contraction. Dashes are used to indicate a sudden break in thought or to set off an explanatory phrase. Semicolons are used to separate two independent clauses or to separate items in a list when commas are already present. Periods are used to end a sentence. Fullstops are another name for periods.