The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word NEED which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
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Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NEED | 56 % | 4 |
| ENTAIL | 13 % | 6 |
| PAGE | 11 % | 4 |
| ASK | 9 % | 3 |
| DEMAND | 6 % | 6 |
| WANT | 2 % | 4 |
| INVOKE | 1 % | 6 |
| ORDERUP | 1 % | 7 |
| SUMMON | 1 % | 6 |
Why may NEED be the right solution?
The word "need" can be a synonym for "call for" in the sense of requiring something essential or necessary.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Call for
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- take
- pick up
- quest
- invite
- summons
- bespeak
- ask
- request
- exact
- require
- involve
- demand
Crossword Answer definitions
NEED noun- A requirement for something; something needed.
- Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
- To have an absolute requirement for.
- To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
- (modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).
- To be required; to be necessary.
- To be necessary (to someone).
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 NEED
- Burden
- Poverty-stricken state
- Call for
- Can't live without
- Exigency
- Require
- Requirement
- Requisite
- Scholarship factor
- Shortfall
More clues leading to the result ENTAIL
- Asks for
- Necessarily include
- Involve
- Call for
- Necessitate
- Involve by necessity
- Require
- Cause as a consequence
- Impose, as a burden
- Bring into play
More clues leading to the result PAGE
- Beep
- Senate aide
- Summon on the PA
- Beep, to a busy person
- Geraldine or Patti
- Hill-runner
- Use the beeper
- White house gofer
- Congressional gofer
- ___-turner (captivating book)
More clues leading to the result ASK
- "Don't __!"
- Cross-examine
- Inquire
- JFK quote starter
- Make a request
- Make an entreaty
- Put it to someone
- Query
- Question
- Solicit bids
More clues leading to the result DEMAND
- Call for
- Supply's partner
- Market consideration
- Ransom-note listing
- More than just ask
- Insist on
- Require
- Price factor
- Claim as a right
- Insist
More clues leading to the result WANT
- Fancy
- Thirst for
- Word on an Uncle Sam poster
- Entry on a wish list
- Have a hankering
- Have one's heart set on
- Hanker for
- Verb in a letter to Santa
- Needy condition
- Be deficient in
More clues leading to the result INVOKE
- Appeal to
- Pray for
- Conjure
- Call on
- Call on in prayer
- Call forth
- Ask solemnly for.
- Petition for help
- Call for
- Call upon
More clues leading to the result ORDERUP
- Summon for military duty
- Call for
- Cook's "Food's ready!"
- Diner call ... and what the answer to each starred clue literally contains
- "Waitress, your dish is ready!"
- Officially request
- Diner shout
- Ask someone to provide, informally