Hankerings
The crossword clue "Hankerings" is answered by URGES, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. 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
URGES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the URGES answer page.
Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for URGES
Every other clue in this collection answered by URGES, most used first.
- Impulses - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Eggs on - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- Yens - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Presses - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Prods - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
- Cravings - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Strong impulses - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- More than suggests - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
- Exhorts - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Goads on - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Pushes - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Implores - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Encourages - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Goads - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Impels - used 8 times, most recently in 2003
- Longings - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Strong desires - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Coaxes - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Drives - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Incites - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Lobbies for - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Bring together - UNITE, used 263 times
- Extreme - ULTRA, used 197 times
- Dark - UNLIT, used 186 times
- Up to - UNTIL, used 153 times
- Customary - USUAL, used 148 times
- Join forces - UNITE, used 146 times
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