The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word IHOPE , but the solution may also be DREAMS which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in Wall Street Journal).
Wishful thinking? crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| IHOPE | 25 % | 5 |
| DREAMS | 25 % | 6 |
| UTOPIANISM | 13 % | 10 |
| PIPEDREAM | 13 % | 9 |
| ENVY | 13 % | 4 |
| FOOLSPARADISE | 13 % | 13 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Wishful thinking?
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- wishfulness
- wishful thought
- illusion
- wish fulfilment
- make-believe
- imagining
- wishcasting
- make believe
- phantasy
- delusionism
- pretending
- wish
Crossword Answer definitions
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 IHOPE
- "If all goes well ..."
- "__ __ you're satisfied!"
- "Fingers crossed"
- "If only!"
- [Crosses fingers]
- "__ so for your sake"
- Optimist's phrase
- "My fingers are crossed"
- "___ you're happy now!"
- Wishful words
More clues leading to the result DREAMS
- Prophecies, for some
- Idealistic objectives
- Freudian study
- "Inception" setting
- Oneiromancer's study
- Night visions?
- Bedtime stories?
- Fantasies
- Freudian focus
- Sees in the dark?
More clues leading to the result UTOPIANISM
More clues leading to the result PIPEDREAM
- Illusory hope
- Infeasible scheme
- Fantasy
- Castle in the air
- Unreal vision
- Pie in the sky
- Winning the lottery, usually
- *Wishful thinking
- *Impractical hope
- Pie-in-the-sky hope
More clues leading to the result ENVY
- Begrudge
- Covet
- Green signifier
- One of the Seven Deadly Sins
- Deadly sin
- Coveter's sin
- Begrudge, maybe
- Covetousness
- Member of a "deadly" septet
- 50% of moral indignation, per Vittorio De Sica