Wants
The crossword clue "Wants" is answered by YENS, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
YENS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YENS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for YENS
Every other clue in this collection answered by YENS, most used first.
- Cravings - used 229 times, most recently in 2026
- Hankerings - used 227 times, most recently in 2026
- Longings - used 176 times, most recently in 2026
- Desires - used 172 times, most recently in 2026
- Urges - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
- Strong desires - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
- Itches - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Strong urges - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Deep desires - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Yearnings - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Strong longings - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Hungers - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Strong cravings - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Pinings - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
- Thirsts - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Desires: Colloq. - used 9 times, most recently in 1968
- Appetites - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Hankers - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Sweet tooth and others - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Urgent cravings - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Aches - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Longs - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Achings - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Has a hankering - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Impulses - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Joneses - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Pines - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- She gets what she wants - LOLA, used 33 times
- "Whatever __ Wants" - LOLA, used 28 times
- Wants to know - ASKS, used 12 times
- What a hog wants - MORE, used 8 times
- "Who ___ wants a piece of me?" - ELSE, used 7 times
- "Whatever ___ Wants" ("Damn Yankees" song) - LOLA, used 6 times
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