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 USA Today in 2018.
Essential item crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NEED | 100 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Essential item
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- necessity
- necessities
- essentials
- apparent
- grounding
- efficient cause
- final cause
- fundamental
- element
- principle
- how
- item
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).
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