Great expectations
The crossword clue "Great expectations" is answered by HOPES, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1949. 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
HOPES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HOPES answer page.
Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- HIGHHOPES (3 uses in xd)
- OPTIMISM (1 uses in xd)
- WWWWW (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for HOPES
Every other clue in this collection answered by HOPES, most used first.
- Aspirations - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Crosses one's fingers - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ and dreams - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Is optimistic - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Wishes - 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.
- Golf great Sam - SNEAD, used 54 times
- Tennis great Monica - SELES, used 52 times
- Great time - BLAST, used 50 times
- Great bargain - STEAL, used 37 times
- "Great minds think ___!" - ALIKE, used 36 times
- Great Lakes mnemonic - HOMES, used 35 times
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