Wished
The crossword clue "Wished" is answered by HOPED, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 10 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 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 10 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 (for) - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Didn't despair - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
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