The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ACHE , but the solution may also be YEN which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Yearning crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ACHE | 32 % | 4 |
| ITCH | 15 % | 4 |
| YEN | 14 % | 3 |
| URGE | 10 % | 4 |
| DESIRE | 9 % | 6 |
| PINING | 5 % | 6 |
| WISTFUL | 4 % | 7 |
| EAGER | 3 % | 5 |
| ACHING | 3 % | 6 |
| THIRST | 1 % | 6 |
| HOPE | 1 % | 4 |
| WISHTFUL | 1 % | 8 |
| LUST | 1 % | 4 |
Why may DESIRE be the right solution?
The word "yearning" means a strong feeling of wanting or wishing for something. "Desire" is a synonym of yearning and means a strong feeling of wanting or wishing for something. Therefore, "desire" is the right solution for the clue "yearning".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Yearning
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- longing
- wistful
- sad
- desire
- eagerness
- aspiration
- nostalgia
- ambition
- lust
- quest
- wishing
- dream
Crossword Answer definitions
ACHE noun- Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
- To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
- To cause someone or something to suffer pain.
- Parsley
- The name of the Latin-script letter H.
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 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 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 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 URGE
More clues leading to the result DESIRE
More clues leading to the result PINING
- Languishing.
- Yearning
- Like a lonesome swain
- Languishing
- Feeling a loss
- Heartsick (for)
- Echo's activity
- Aching (for)
- Yearning (for)
More clues leading to the result WISTFUL
- Full of yearning
- Pensively sad
- Inclined to pine
- Melancholy
- Filled with longing.
- Yearning
- Pensive
- Sadly pensive
- Hung up on what could have been
More clues leading to the result EAGER
- Avid
- Champing at the bit
- Kind of beaver
- Thirsting
- Beaverlike
- Rarin' to go
- _____ beaver
- Beaver-ish!
- Hollywood's Morales
- Hot to trot
More clues leading to the result ACHING
- In pain
- Feeling sore
- Hurting
- Ruing the aerobics
- Sore from a workout
- Sore
- Like broken hearts
- Yearning
- Nostalgic
- In need of aspirin
More clues leading to the result THIRST
More clues leading to the result HOPE
- Anticipation
- Bob of "Road" films
- Clinton's birthplace
- Partner of faith and charity
- Anthony or Bob
- Wish for
- Wish for something
- Expectation
- Clinton's hometown
- A cardinal virtue