Need for water
The crossword clue "Need for water" is answered by THIRST, a 6-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
THIRST
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the THIRST answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for THIRST
Every other clue in this collection answered by THIRST, most used first.
- Craving - used 36 times, most recently in 2024
- Parched feeling - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Strong desire - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Desire - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Hankering - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Reason to drink - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- Take for granted - ASSUME, used 100 times
- Fit for farming - ARABLE, used 76 times
- Get even for - AVENGE, used 69 times
- Makes up (for) - ATONES, used 63 times
- For each - APIECE, used 61 times
- For the time being - PROTEM, used 46 times
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