Crossword clues - Answer
NEEDS
NEEDS is a 5-letter crossword answer with 3 clues in this pilot. Across those clues it has 387 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
NEEDS
NEEDS
5Letters
3Clues in pilot
387Combined 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 NEEDS in this pilot
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- Requirements - used 138 times across 50 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Requires - used 138 times across 48 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Has to have - used 111 times across 34 distinct years, most recently in 2026
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