The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word NEED , but the solution may also be MUST which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in Universal uClick).
Essential thing crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NEED | 33 % | 4 |
| MUST | 25 % | 4 |
| POINT | 17 % | 5 |
| NAMEOFTHEGAME | 8 % | 13 |
| DIRENEED | 8 % | 8 |
| CARDINALPOINT | 8 % | 13 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Essential thing
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- necessity
- requirement
- prerequisite
- necessary
- requisite
- necessitate
- exact
- must
- necessaries
- needs
- indispensable
- necessary evil
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 MUST
- Basement smell
- Has no other choice
- Has to
- Imperative
- Gotta
- Requirement
- Indispensable item
- Need to
- Nonnegotiable item
- Essential
More clues leading to the result POINT
- "1 see your ___"
- A pencil's end
- Heart of the matter
- Show the way
- Gist
- Give the finger?
- __ Judity, R.I.
- Free-throw reward
- Tapered end
- Pencil need
More clues leading to the result NAMEOFTHEGAME
- Principal goal
- Ultimate purpose
- Essential thing
- Essential part necessary for fulfilling a goal ... or what 17-, 25-, 48- and 57-Across all have?
- Something's essential aspect ... or what's spelled out by letters in this puzzle's eight "cups"