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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DOORDIE Desperate, in a way (7) USA Today Sep 21, 2020
10% PLEA Desperate request (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 18, 2025
9% TERI "Desperate Housewives" actress Hatcher (4)
9% EVA ___ Longoria, "Desperate Housewives" star (3)
8% CAVE Desperately want to leave king's underground chamber (4) The Times Quick Cryptic Jan 1, 2026
8% VIA By way of (3) Commuter Dec 30, 2025
8% CABS Fare ways? (4) LA Times Daily Dec 25, 2025
8% OBSESSIVE Controlling, in a way (9) TV Dec 21, 2025
8% THRU By way of, informally (4) New York Times Dec 21, 2025
8% SOMBERLY In an unsmiling way (8) Wall Street Journal Dec 20, 2025

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