The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PINEFOR , but the solution may also be WANT which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).
Hanker after crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PINEFOR | 36 % | 7 |
| WANT | 27 % | 4 |
| CRAVE | 18 % | 5 |
| YEARN | 9 % | 5 |
| LONG | 9 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hanker after
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hankering
- hankers
- craving
- lust after
- cravings
- hungering
- yearning
- craves
- hungers
- yearnings
- longings
- thirsting
Crossword Answer definitions
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 PINEFOR
- Want in the worst way
- Hanker after
- Miss greatly
- Desire deeply
- Desire intensely
- Miss badly
- Achingly desire
- Desire
- Miss a lot
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 CRAVE
- Desire
- Have a yen for
- Hunger for
- Want. Really. Badly.
- Ache for
- Desire strongly
- Long for
- More than want
- Desire with fire
- Lust after
More clues leading to the result YEARN
- Long
- Long for
- Feel a longing
- Want badly
- Hanker after, with "for"
- Harbor longings
- Long (for)
- Feel nostalgia, e.g.
- Pine
- Have a hankering