The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word WANT , but the solution may also be YEN which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Hunger or thirst crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WANT | 33 % | 4 |
| YEARN | 33 % | 5 |
| YEN | 33 % | 3 |
Why may YEN be the right solution?
The word "YEN" can mean a strong desire or craving, which can be related to hunger or thirst.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hunger or thirst
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- famine
- drought
- food security
- curvature
- starvation
- wilderness
- chip
- starved
- starve
- stale
- starving
- attenuate
Crossword Answer definitions
WANT noun- A desire, wish, longing.
- (often followed by of) Lack, absence.
- Poverty.
- Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
- A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
- To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.
- (in particular) To wish, desire or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
- To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
- (usually second person, often future tense) To be advised to do something (compare should, ought).
- (now colloquial) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).
- (now rare) To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need.
- To be lacking or deficient or absent.
- To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
- To lack and be without, to not have (something).
- (by extension) To lack and (be able to) do without.
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 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 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