Crossword clues - Answer
NEED
NEED is a 4-letter crossword answer with 5 clues in this pilot. Across those clues it has 1,082 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
NEED
NEED
4Letters
5Clues in pilot
1,082Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year
Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Every clue for NEED in this pilot
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- Require - used 321 times across 65 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Requirement - used 261 times across 57 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Have to have - used 230 times across 35 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Must have - used 172 times across 30 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Call for - used 98 times across 30 distinct years, most recently in 2026
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