Want crossword clue
The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Want” are NEED, WISH or LACK, with 4 letters. Below are 12 answers from 4 to 11 letters, best match first in each length, then what each top answer means and how to tell them apart.
6 letters
- desire
7 letters
- require
- wishing
8 letters
- flatness
9 letters
- privation
- neediness
10 letters
- deficiency
11 letters
- deprivation
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The best answers, explained
- NEED 4 letters · noun
- anything that is necessary but lacking “he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs”
- DESIRE 6 letters · verb
- feel or have a desire for; want strongly
- REQUIRE 7 letters · verb
- have need of
- FLATNESS 8 letters · noun
- a want of animation or brilliance “the almost self-conscious flatness of Hemingway's style”
- PRIVATION 9 letters · noun
- a state of extreme poverty
- DEFICIENCY 10 letters · noun
- the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable “water is the critical deficiency in desert regions”
- DEPRIVATION 11 letters · noun
- a state of extreme poverty
Telling them apart
With 4 squares, NEED, WISH, LACK and LIKE all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: E → NEED · S → WISH · C → LACK · K → LIKE. Fill in that crossing answer first.
Other forms of this clue
Clues often use another form of the word, and the answer then takes the same form: “waning” wants an answer that ends the same way.
WANING / WANTING crossword clue
- NEEDING
- WISHING
- LACKING
- LIKING
- DESIRING
- REQUIRING
WANTED crossword clue
- NEEDED
- WISHED
- LACKED
- LIKED
- DESIRED
- REQUIRED
WANTS crossword clue
- NEEDS
- WISHES
- LACKS
- LIKES
- DESIRES
- REQUIRES
- FLATNESSES
- PRIVATIONS
- NEEDINESSES
- DEFICIENCIES
- DEPRIVATIONS
What “want” means
- verb: feel or have a desire for; want strongly (“I want to go home now”)
- verb: have need of (“This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner”)
- verb: hunt or look for; want for a particular reason (“Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI”)
- verb: wish or demand the presence of (“I want you here at noon!”)
A clue usually points at one of these senses, so the right answer is the one that matches the sense the puzzle means: check it against the crossing words.
About these answers
We match the clue against our own thesaurus and dictionary (Open English WordNet): words that mean the same as WANT, and words whose definition is WANT. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.
Questions people ask
What is a 4-letter word for want?
NEED, WISH or LACK. NEED means “anything that is necessary but lacking”.
What is a 6-letter word for want?
DESIRE. DESIRE means “feel or have a desire for; want strongly”.
What is a 7-letter word for want?
REQUIRE or WISHING. REQUIRE means “have need of”.
What is a 8-letter word for want?
FLATNESS. FLATNESS means “a want of animation or brilliance”.
What is the answer for the clue “waning”?
Use the same answers in the same form: NEEDING, WISHING, LACKING or LIKING. WANING and WANTING are two spellings of the same form.
What is the answer for the clue “wanted”?
Use the same answers in the same form: NEEDED, WISHED, LACKED or LIKED.
How do I narrow down the answer for “Want”?
Count the squares, then use a crossing letter: the section “Telling them apart” shows which square separates the answers of each length. The crossword solver takes the clue and your letters together.
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