The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LACK which also is the latest solution we found used in CrossSynergy in 2012.
Shortfall crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LACK | 38 % | 4 |
| NEED | 31 % | 4 |
| DEARTH | 8 % | 6 |
| DEFICIENCY | 8 % | 10 |
| UNDERAGE | 8 % | 8 |
| DEFICIT | 8 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shortfall
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- shortage
- deficit
- shortages
- gap
- deficiency
- underfunding
- deficits
- deficiencies
- discrepancy
- gaps
- imbalance
- shortcoming
Crossword Answer definitions
LACK noun- A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.
- A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.
- To be without, to need, to require.
- To be short (of or for something).
- To be in want.
- To see the deficiency in (someone or something); to find fault with, to malign, reproach.
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 LACK
- Be caught short
- Be in need of
- Absence
- Ain't got
- Deficiency
- Paucity
- Shortfall
- Be deficient in
- Are deficient in
- Dearth
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 DEARTH
More clues leading to the result DEFICIENCY
More clues leading to the result UNDERAGE
- Like someone using a fake ID
- Not old enough
- Too young
- Not yet legal
- Not yet 18
- Minor
- Deficiency
- 15, say
- Too young.
- Immature.