The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LACK which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Deficiency crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LACK | 48 % | 4 |
| SHORTAGE | 20 % | 8 |
| MINUS | 9 % | 5 |
| ABSENCE | 7 % | 7 |
| WANT | 7 % | 4 |
| NEED | 4 % | 4 |
| SHORTFALL | 2 % | 9 |
| GAP | 2 % | 3 |
| UNDERAGE | 2 % | 8 |
Why may LACK be the right solution?
The word "deficiency" means not having enough of something. "Lack" is a synonym for this meaning, making it the right solution.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Deficiency
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- insufficiency
- inadequacy
- lack
- want
- deficient
- deficit
- shortcoming
- insufficient
- inadequate
- shortage
- failure
- inaction
Crossword Answer definitions
LACK noun- A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.
- A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.
- To be without, to need, to require.
- To be short (of or for something).
- To be in want.
- To see the deficiency in (someone or something); to find fault with, to malign, reproach.
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 LACK
- Be caught short
- Be in need of
- Absence
- Ain't got
- Deficiency
- Paucity
- Shortfall
- Be deficient in
- Are deficient in
- Dearth
More clues leading to the result SHORTAGE
- Deficiency
- Scarcity
- Trouble in the till
- Dearth
- Insufficient supply
- Deficit.
- Limited supply.
- Lack.
- Deficit
- Want
More clues leading to the result MINUS
- Negative
- Without
- Character flaw
- Grade diminisher
- Less
- -
- Calculator symbol
- Disadvantage
- Arithmetic sign
- Mathematics sign
More clues leading to the result ABSENCE
- Issue for Marco Rubio, vis-a-vis his Senate voting
- Attendance-book notation
- "___ sharpens love, presence strengthens it" (Ben Franklin)
- Nonappearance
- Truant's offense
- Failure to show up
- Lack
- Truancy
- Fondness intensifier?
- It makes the heart grow fonder, they say
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 NEED
- Burden
- Poverty-stricken state
- Call for
- Can't live without
- Exigency
- Require
- Requirement
- Requisite
- Scholarship factor
- Shortfall
More clues leading to the result SHORTFALL
More clues leading to the result GAP
- Hiatus
- Letterman dental feature
- Opening
- Cumberland, e.g.
- Discontinuity
- Letterman's dental feature
- Space in the record, say
- ___ Kids
- Forever 21 rival
- Generation split