The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word YEARN which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2025.
Ache (for) crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| YEARN | 57 % | 5 |
| PINE | 14 % | 4 |
| CRAVE | 14 % | 5 |
| JONES | 7 % | 5 |
| PITY | 7 % | 4 |
Why may YEARN be the right solution?
"Yeern" is the right solution because to "ache for" something means to desire or long for it strongly, which is synonymous with the word "yearn."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ache (for)
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- feel like
- eat one's heart out
- have it bad
- have a thing
- scratch an itch
- have the hots for
- beseech
- faunch
- come on strong
- come at
- jones
- go to pains
Crossword Answer definitions
YEARN verb- To long, have a strong desire (for something).
- To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically.
- To have strong feelings of love, sympathy, affection, etc. (toward someone).
- To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
- To pain; to grieve; to vex.
- To curdle, as milk.
- Yearning; yen.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result YEARN
- Long
- Long for
- Feel a longing
- Want badly
- Hanker after, with "for"
- Harbor longings
- Long (for)
- Feel nostalgia, e.g.
- Pine
- Have a hankering
More clues leading to the result PINE
- Cone-bearer
- Yearn
- Grieve for
- Lodgepole tree
- Turpentine source
- Long (for)
- Car freshener scent
- Cleaner scent
- Cleaning product scent
- Feel a loss
More clues leading to the result CRAVE
- Desire
- Have a yen for
- Hunger for
- Want. Really. Badly.
- Ache for
- Desire strongly
- Long for
- More than want
- Desire with fire
- Lust after
More clues leading to the result JONES
- "From Here to Eternity" novelist
- Storied Casey
- "Animal Farm" farmer
- "Mother" of labor
- Sharp craving
- Addictive craving
- Archaeology professor of filmdom
- Buck or Chuck
- Smith's "Men in Black" costar
- Davy or Casey