Needing scratching
The crossword clue "Needing scratching" is answered by ITCHY, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ITCHY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ITCHY answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ITCHY
Every other clue in this collection answered by ITCHY, most used first.
- Restless - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Like some trigger fingers - used 15 times, most recently in 2013
- Like a mosquito bite - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- In need of calamine lotion - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Pruritic - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Affected by poison ivy - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Needing to scratch - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Restive - 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.
- Scratching (out) - EKING, used 14 times
- Needing kneading? - TENSE, used 11 times
- Needing nourishment - UNFED, used 9 times
- Needing deciphering - CODED, used 7 times
- Needing tightening - LOOSE, used 7 times
- Needing neatening - MESSY, used 6 times
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