Wants or wishes for a certain thing to happen (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Wants or wishes for a certain thing to happen (5) . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is HOPES.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% HOPES Wants or wishes for a certain thing to happen (5) (5)
8% EVENTS These things happen! (6) The Atlantic Nov 6, 2025
7% REALTIME When things happen (8) Universal Sep 21, 2025
6% EVENT Happening (5) LA Times Daily Nov 7, 2025
6% INTRAIN Happening (7) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 4, 2025
6% ENSUE Happen after (5) Commuter Nov 1, 2025
6% OCCUR Happen (5) LA Times Daily Oct 29, 2025
6% WANT Wish for (4) Universal Oct 26, 2025
6% ALSO "The other thing I wanted to say ..." (4) New York Times Mini Oct 26, 2025
6% AGO "That happened a while ___ ..." (3)
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