The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word YEARN which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2020.
Hanker (for) crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| YEARN | 21 % | 5 |
| CRAVE | 21 % | 5 |
| DESIRE | 18 % | 6 |
| LONG | 15 % | 4 |
| WANT | 6 % | 4 |
| ACHE | 6 % | 4 |
| COVET | 6 % | 5 |
| PINE | 3 % | 4 |
| NEED | 3 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hanker (for)
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hankering
- hankers
- craving
- cravings
- yearning
- hungering
- want to
- awanting
- wanting
- lust after
- craves
- yearnings
Crossword Answer definitions
YEARN verb- To long, have a strong desire (for something).
- To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically.
- To have strong feelings of love, sympathy, affection, etc. (toward someone).
- To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
- To pain; to grieve; to vex.
- To curdle, as milk.
- Yearning; yen.
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 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
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 DESIRE
More clues leading to the result LONG
- Hanker for
- Louisiana's "Kingfish"
- North Atlantic island
- Protracted
- 1956 Little Richard hit "____ Tall Sally"
- Aspire
- Have a desire
- Yearn
- Needing editing, perhaps
- Yearn (for)
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 ACHE
- Head starter
- Charley horse
- Dull pain
- Head ailment
- Pain in the neck
- Pine
- Sore point
- Sore spot
- Tummy trouble
- Yearn
More clues leading to the result COVET
- 10th Commandment word
- Have a yen for
- Break the Tenth Commandment
- Long to have
- Want badly
- Break a Commandment
- Feel envious about
- Badly desire?
- Tenth Commandment word
- Begrudge
More clues leading to the result PINE
- Cone-bearer
- Yearn
- Grieve for
- Lodgepole tree
- Turpentine source
- Long (for)
- Car freshener scent
- Cleaner scent
- Cleaning product scent
- Feel a loss