The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word NEEDS , but the solution may also be OBLIGES which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Requires crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NEEDS | 73 % | 5 |
| ASKS | 7 % | 4 |
| ENTAILS | 6 % | 7 |
| DEMANDS | 4 % | 7 |
| MANDATES | 2 % | 8 |
| LACKS | 2 % | 5 |
| CALLSUPON | 1 % | 9 |
| TAKES | 1 % | 5 |
| OBLIGES | 1 % | 7 |
| DEMAS | 1 % | 5 |
Why may OBLIGES be the right solution?
The word "requires" is a synonym of "obliges", which means to make it necessary for someone to do something. Therefore, "obliges" is the right solution for the clue "Requires".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Requires
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- demand
- ask
- command
- necessitate
- need
- compel
- involve
- expect
- want
- take
- call for
- accurate
Crossword Answer definitions
NEEDS adverb- Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; used with an auxiliary verb (often must), and equivalent to "of need".
- 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 NEEDS
- Basic ___
- Has to have
- Requirements
- Must have
- Requires
- Lacks
- Prerequisites
- Calls for
- They may be met
- Food, clothing, and shelter, e.g.
More clues leading to the result ASKS
More clues leading to the result ENTAILS
- Involves
- Imposes as a condition
- Involves by necessity
- Means
- Brings into play
- Calls for
- Necessitates
- Requires
- Means necessarily
- Must involve
More clues leading to the result DEMANDS
- Ultimatums
- Picket-line chants
- Claims formally
- Doesn't just ask
- Urgent orders
- Ransom note contents
- Asks for.
- Queries.
- Claims.
- Requires.
More clues leading to the result MANDATES
- Makes required
- Court orders
- Colonies granted by League of Nations.
- U. N. commissions.
- Commands.
- Court orders.
- Formal orders.
- Commands
- Voters' directives
- Ukases
More clues leading to the result LACKS
More clues leading to the result CALLSUPON
More clues leading to the result TAKES
- Captures
- Lets the pitch go by
- Photographs
- Loots
- Scene shootings
- Snatches
- Hollywood editor's stock
- Followers of "Action!"
- Confiscates
- Movie shots
More clues leading to the result OBLIGES
- Constrains
- Does a favor for
- Accommodates
- Is accommodating
- Does a favor for.
- Does a favor: Colloq.
- Binds legally or morally
- Makes morally bound
- Requires