Wished (for)
The crossword clue "Wished (for)" is answered by HOPED, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026. 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
HOPED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HOPED answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for HOPED
Every other clue in this collection answered by HOPED, most used first.
- Crossed one's fingers - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- Had aspirations - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Was optimistic - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Wished - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Didn't despair - used 7 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.
- Free-for-all - MELEE, used 223 times
- Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
- For all to hear - ALOUD, used 121 times
- Fit for a king - REGAL, used 114 times
- Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
- For the birds? - AVIAN, used 103 times
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