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 |
| HUNGER | 1 % | 6 |
| YEARNING | 1 % | 8 |
| CRAVING | 1 % | 7 |
| APPETENCY | 1 % | 9 |
| APPETITE | 1 % | 8 |
| ACHE | 1 % | 4 |
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 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
More clues leading to the result YEARNING
- Heartfelt wish
- Longing
- Strong desire
- Itch
- Desire
- Yen
- "... _____ to breathe free" (Statue of Liberty inscription)
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