Weaver's need
The crossword clue "Weaver's need" is answered by LOOM, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LOOM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LOOM answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LOOM
Every other clue in this collection answered by LOOM, most used first.
- Weaving machine - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
- Impend - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Weaver's device - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Appear ominously - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Weaving device - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Weaver's apparatus - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
- Come into view - used 22 times, most recently in 2012
- Weaver's machine - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Weaving frame - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Appear imminent - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Weaver's contraption - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Hang over - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Weaver's tool - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Weaving apparatus - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Appear - used 10 times, most recently in 1995
- Appear menacingly - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Textile machine - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Appear dramatically - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Appear on the horizon - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Hover ominously - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Come into sight. - used 7 times, most recently in 1981
- Take shape. - used 7 times, most recently in 1996
- Weaver's frame - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Appear ahead - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Appear indistinctly - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Fruit of the ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Fruit of the ___ (underwear brand) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Hang over one's head - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Machine for weaving - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Machine with a shuttle - 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.
- Pressing need - IRON, used 116 times
- Baker's need - OVEN, used 72 times
- Tug-of-war need - ROPE, used 72 times
- Gumbo need - OKRA, used 56 times
- Weaver's reed - SLEY, used 47 times
- Etcher's need - ACID, used 40 times
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