Couldn't do without
The crossword clue "Couldn't do without" is answered by NEEDED, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NEEDED
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NEEDED answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NEEDED
Every other clue in this collection answered by NEEDED, most used first.
- Required - used 74 times, most recently in 2025
- Had to have - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Not optional - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Essential - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Requisite - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- In demand - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
- Lacked. - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
- Necessary - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Vital - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Indispensable - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Assert without proof - ALLEGE, used 60 times
- State without proof - ALLEGE, used 49 times
- Without delay - ATONCE, used 46 times
- Without exception - TOAMAN, used 26 times
- Without a contract - ONSPEC, used 22 times
- Without difficulty - EASILY, used 18 times
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