The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PENURY which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2013.
Extreme poverty crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PENURY | 67 % | 6 |
| RAGS | 11 % | 4 |
| BEGGARY | 11 % | 7 |
| NEED | 11 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Extreme poverty
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- primary poverty
- child poverty
- pauperism
- homelessness
- poverty in africa
- energy poverty
- diseases of poverty
- humanitarian crisis
- starvation
- self-neglect
- dystopia
- living death
Crossword Answer definitions
PENURY noun- Extreme want; poverty; destitution.
- A lack of something; a dearth.
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 PENURY
- Indigence
- Extreme want
- Dearth
- Severe frugality
- Extreme poverty
- Severe circumstances
- To which Père Goriot is reduced.
- Privation.
- Status in "for poorer" category.
- Problem of have-nots.
More clues leading to the result RAGS
- Dustcloths
- Pre-riches state
- Joplin tunes
- Pieces of old cloth
- Cast offs
- Cleaning cloths
- Fabric scraps
- Poverty, figuratively
- Fragments of cloth.
- Precursor of riches