The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word NEED , but the solution may also be LOSS which is one of the most recent solution (2008 in Boston Globe).
Privation crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NEED | 50 % | 4 |
| LOSS | 18 % | 4 |
| WANT | 18 % | 4 |
| PENURY | 7 % | 6 |
| HARDSHIP | 7 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Privation
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- deprivation
- want
- deprival
- destitution
- denial
- hardship
- divestment
- impoverishment
- poorness
- indigence
- penury
- vindicatory
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 LOSS
- Balance sheet minus
- Misplacement
- Setback
- Fullback's setback
- Sports-page stat
- Forfeiture
- Negative yardage, in football
- Profit's counterpart
- _____ leader
- Bad investment outcome
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 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.