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The answer

NEED

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NEED answer page.

Used 21 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2004; first recorded in 1950. It appears in 7 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.

• NEEDINESS (2 uses in xd)
• WANT (2 uses in xd)
• PENURY (1 uses in xd)
• POVERTY (1 uses in xd)

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
• Financial aid criterion - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Not just want - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Scholarship consideration - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ a lift?" - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Essential - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Privation - used 15 times, most recently in 2014
• Destitution - used 14 times, most recently in 2016
• On a ___-to-know basis - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• If ___ be. - used 13 times, most recently in 2011
• Prerequisite - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Financial aid factor - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Scholarship basis - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Shortage - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Can't be without - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• It can be pressing - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Scholarship factor - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• "All You ___ Is Love" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "A friend in ___ . . . " - used 9 times, most recently in 1981
• Absolute must - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• ___-to-know basis - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Essential item - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Basis for financial aid - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Be lacking in - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Food, clothing, or shelter - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Gotta have - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• More than desire - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "A friend in __ is..." - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Can't forgo - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Charity's calculation - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Compulsion - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Essential thing - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Financial aid basis - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Grant basis, at times - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Grant consideration - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Have an opening for - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• It's a must - 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.

• ___-do-well - NEER, used 511 times
• Zilch - NADA, used 352 times
• Tidy - NEAT, used 316 times
• Close by - NEAR, used 299 times
• ___ contendere - NOLO, used 293 times
• March Madness org. - NCAA, used 281 times

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