The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word URGE , but the solution may also be THIRST which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Strong desire crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| URGE | 36 % | 4 |
| YEN | 29 % | 3 |
| THIRST | 10 % | 6 |
| LUST | 10 % | 4 |
| ITCH | 4 % | 4 |
| HANKERING | 3 % | 9 |
| CRAVING | 1 % | 7 |
| APPETENCY | 1 % | 9 |
| APPETITE | 1 % | 8 |
| ACHE | 1 % | 4 |
| HUNGER | 1 % | 6 |
| YEARNING | 1 % | 8 |
Why may URGE be the right solution?
"Strong desire" is a definition of the word "urge", which means to have a strong desire or impulse to do something.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Strong desire
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- craving
- yearning
- longing
- thirst
- longingly
- wistful
- pant
- morally
- yearn
- meal
- longer
- hankering
Crossword Answer definitions
URGE noun- A strong desire; an itch to do something.
- To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
- To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
- To provoke; to exasperate.
- To press hard upon; to follow closely.
- To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
- To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with.
- To press onward or forward.
- To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
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 URGE
More clues leading to the result YEN
- Craving
- Hankering
- Kyoto cash
- Kyoto currency
- Urge
- Desire
- Itch
- Yearning
- The capital of Japan?
- Major global currency unit worth about a penny
More clues leading to the result THIRST
More clues leading to the result LUST
- Irving Stone's "__ for Life"
- Craving
- Passionate desire
- Deadly sin
- Lasciviousness
- Overpowering passion
- Libidinous yen
- Want only wantonly
- Unseemly want
- Be like a lecher
More clues leading to the result ITCH
- Backscratcher target
- Chicken-pox symptom
- Want to scratch
- What to scratch
- Ivy affliction
- Antsy feeling
- Allergic reaction
- Yen
- Burning desire
- Characteristic of crabs
More clues leading to the result HANKERING
More clues leading to the result CRAVING
More clues leading to the result APPETENCY
More clues leading to the result APPETITE
- Hunger
- Intake regulator?
- Fondness
- Thanksgiving asset
- Craving
- Longing
- Desire for food
- Desire
- Good thing to have before a meal
- Strong desire
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 HUNGER
- Rapacity
- What U. S. loan battles in Yugoslavia.
- "Strictly from ___."
- Crave.
- Growling-stomach feeling
- Craving
- Kind of strike
- Focus of much humanitarian aid
- Strong desire