Financial aid criterion
The crossword clue "Financial aid criterion" is answered by NEED, a 4-letter entry. Used 23 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
NEED
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NEED answer page.
Used 23 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NEED
Every other clue in this collection answered by NEED, most used first.
- Require - used 321 times, most recently in 2026
- Requirement - used 261 times, most recently in 2026
- Have to have - used 230 times, most recently in 2026
- Must have - used 172 times, most recently in 2026
- Call for - used 98 times, most recently in 2026
- Exigency - used 79 times, most recently in 2015
- Can't do without - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
- Requisite - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Lack - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- More than want - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Poverty - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Cry out for - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- Penury - used 37 times, most recently in 2013
- Can't live without - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- Want - used 34 times, most recently in 2016
- Scholarship criterion - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Sine qua non - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ I say more?" - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Desideratum - used 29 times, most recently in 2015
- Necessity - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Obligation. - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
- Demand - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Aid and ___ - ABET, used 78 times
- Aid in crime - ABET, used 69 times
- Walking aid - CANE, used 61 times
- Shopper's aid - LIST, used 41 times
- Aid illegally - ABET, used 37 times
- Shopping aid - LIST, used 36 times
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