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NEEDY

5 letters - 8 clues in this collection

NEEDY is a 5-letter crossword answer with 8 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 384 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.

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NEEDY

NEEDY

5Letters
8Clues in collection
384Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year

Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Every clue for NEEDY in this collection

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  • Poor - used 84 times across 41 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Indigent - used 67 times across 42 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Impoverished - used 52 times across 35 distinct years, most recently in 2024
  • Destitute - used 45 times across 24 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Down-and-out - used 44 times across 24 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • In want - used 33 times across 26 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • High-maintenance - used 32 times across 18 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Hard up - used 27 times across 17 distinct years, most recently in 2022

Related answers

Answers in this collection that start with the same letter, most used first. Browse every answer starting with N.

  • NEEDS - 5 letters, 797 combined xd usages, 12 clues in this collection
  • NEATO - 5 letters, 647 combined xd usages, 9 clues in this collection
  • NEARS - 5 letters, 611 combined xd usages, 7 clues in this collection
  • NOONE - 5 letters, 553 combined xd usages, 6 clues in this collection
  • NIECE - 5 letters, 507 combined xd usages, 10 clues in this collection
  • NADIR - 5 letters, 465 combined xd usages, 5 clues in this collection
  • NAIVE - 5 letters, 462 combined xd usages, 10 clues in this collection
  • NERVE - 5 letters, 398 combined xd usages, 6 clues in this collection

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