In the poorhouse
The crossword clue "In the poorhouse" is answered by NEEDY, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NEEDY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NEEDY answer page.
Used 10 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NEEDY
Every other clue in this collection answered by NEEDY, most used first.
- Poor - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Indigent - used 67 times, most recently in 2025
- Impoverished - used 52 times, most recently in 2024
- Destitute - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Down-and-out - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
- In want - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- High-maintenance - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Hard up - used 27 times, most recently in 2022
- Emotionally demanding - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Poverty-stricken - used 20 times, most recently in 2018
- Requiring a lot of attention - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Strapped - used 15 times, most recently in 2016
- Underprivileged - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Wanting - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Disadvantaged - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Penniless - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Down on one's luck - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Penurious - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- In dire straits - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Deserving assistance - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Requiring lots of attention - used 6 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.
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
- Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times
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