Requirements
The crossword clue "Requirements" is answered by NEEDS, a 5-letter entry. Used 138 times across 50 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1950. It appears in 26 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
NEEDS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NEEDS answer page.
Used 138 times across 50 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1950. It appears in 26 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 pilot link to their own answer page.
- DOS (13 uses in xd)
- MUSTS (8 uses in xd)
- DEMANDS (2 uses in xd)
- MUSTDOS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for NEEDS
Every other clue in this pilot answered by NEEDS, most used first.
- Requires - used 138 times, most recently in 2026
- Has to have - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
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- ___ Dame - NOTRE, used 291 times
- Wanderer - NOMAD, used 266 times
- Twangy - NASAL, used 206 times
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