Involve by necessity
The crossword clue "Involve by necessity" is answered by ENTAIL, a 6-letter entry. Used 17 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ENTAIL
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ENTAIL answer page.
Used 17 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ENTAIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by ENTAIL, most used first.
- Involve - used 117 times, most recently in 2026
- Necessitate - used 73 times, most recently in 2025
- Require - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Call for - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Involve necessarily - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Necessarily involve - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Bring into play - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Consist of, as a plan - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Require as a result - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Involve - ENGAGE, used 6 times
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