Desperately urgent
The crossword clue "Desperately urgent" is answered by DIRE, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DIRE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DIRE answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DIRE
Every other clue in this collection answered by DIRE, most used first.
- Urgent - used 71 times, most recently in 2023
- Calamitous - used 69 times, most recently in 2025
- Dreadful - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Desperate - used 60 times, most recently in 2024
- Tragic - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- In ___ straits - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Terrible - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Catastrophic - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Ominous - used 25 times, most recently in 2022
- Like some straits - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Critical - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
- Disastrous - used 16 times, most recently in 2015
- Extremely urgent - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Fraught with danger - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
- Very urgent - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Extremely serious - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Awful - used 13 times, most recently in 2010
- Extreme - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
- Grave - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ straits - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Kind of straits - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- Pressing - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Like some circumstances - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
- In __ straits (desperate) - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Life-or-death - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Very serious - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- In __ straits (needing help) - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Like some consequences - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Acute - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Crucial - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Desperate, as straits - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Grim - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Potentially ruinous - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Dismal - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Frightful - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Harrowing - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- More than serious - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Nearly hopeless - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Serious - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Terribly urgent - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Urgent request - PLEA, used 83 times
- Urgent letters - ASAP, used 44 times
- Urgent cravings - YENS, used 8 times
- Urgent memo letters - ASAP, used 8 times
- Urgent acronym - ASAP, used 7 times
- Urgent order - ASAP, used 6 times
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