Clues for the word "WISH"
We've had 139 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 258 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on July 31, 2026.
Definition of wish
- v. t. - To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.
- v. t. - To desire; to long for; to hanker after; to have a mind or disposition toward.
- v. t. - To frame or express desires concerning; to invoke in favor of, or against, any one; to attribute, or cal down, in desire; to invoke; to imprecate.
- v. t. - To recommend; to seek confidence or favor in behalf of.
- n. - Desire; eager desire; longing.
- n. - Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation.
- n. - A thing desired; an object of desire.
Referring Clues
- Something to make on one's birthday
- It's often made with the eyes closed
- Well product?
- Action before blowing out the candles
- It may be made by a stargazer
- "When You ___ Upon a Star"
- Fountain request?
- Genie's offering
- "Peace on earth," e.g.
- Penny-in-the-well thought
- Birthday creation
- Thought before blowing out the candles
- You may break a bone after you've made one
- Take advantage of a falling star
- Coin-in-the-fountain accompanier
- Broken bone follower, maybe
- Candle blower's secret
- Candle-blower-outer's thought
- Type of list
- Genie's bestowal
- Kind of list
- Fond desire
- Desire
- Item on a list, perhaps
- Long (for)
- Well-spoken request?
- One may accompany a coin toss
- Genie's largesse
- What a genie might grant
- Hope (for)
- Well offering
- Genie offering
- 6 Down offering
- Birthday thought
- Birthday-party tradition
- Genie offer
- Birthday party tradition
- You make it with your eyes closed
- Aspiration
- You may break a bone after making it
- Birthday secret
- Expression of desire
- You may close your eyes when making it
- Candle-blower's secret
- A stargazer may make one
- It's made as candles go out
- Candle blowing precedor
- It precedes a blowout?
- Daydream
- Prized bone
- Genie's gift
- One may be made after blowing out candles
- *Birthday secret
- Words after a splash in a fountain, maybe
- Birthday-cake must
- Candleblower's thought
- Prepare to break a bone?
- Ask a star?
- Genie's command
- Prelim to bone-breaking?
- Pine (for)
- Becoming a real boy, for Pinocchio
- "___ you were here!"
- Fond longing
- Something made before blowing out candles
- "You ___!" ("Yeah, right!")
- ___ list
- Fingers-crossed thought
- Bone or list preceder
- "When You ___ Upon a Star"
- Yearn (for)
- Something made on a star?
- Hypothetical horse
- It's made at a birthday party
- Penny-in-the-well accompanier
- "You ___!" ("As if!")
- Fond hope
- One of three from a genie
- Genie's offer
- Something made on one's birthday
- Dream
- Something made on a shooting star
- Coin-in-a-fountain thought
- Something to make before blowing out the birthday candles
- Hope for
- Birthday boy or girl's secret
- Candle-blower's thought
- It's granted by a genie, in myth
- What you do upon a star
- What a genie will grant
- It's made before blowing
- Nine Inch Nails song about desire?
- Express a desire for
- Request - yen
- The yearning for yen?
- One thing to do when you break a bone
- Express desire
- Something desired
- Yearning
- Bone-breaking tradition
- Possibly a Christmas cracker to pull thus contains letters on a pencil in red, say?
- Birthday party secret
- Well thought?
- Something made while tossing a coin, perhaps
- Secret desire when blowing out birthday candles
- Star request?
- Just what you want in central Lewisham
- Desire granted by a genie
- Birthday party request
- Order to a genie
- What a genie grants
- A shooting star supposedly grants one
- Birthday celebrant’s secret
- Hope against hope
- Birthday party ritual
- Gift from a genie
- Blowing-out-candles thought
- Hope
- Something frequently made with the eyes shut
- It's often made along with a birthday cake
- Made before blowing out candles
- Birthday ___
- Aspire
- Blow out birthday candles, maybe
- Have a yearning
- Something often made with closed eyes
- Request to a genie
- The yearning for yen?
- Something made at 11:11
- Hope strongly
- What accompanies tossing a coin into a fountain
- Something to make when tossing a coin into a fountain
- "You ___!"
- One might be made on a birthday
- "Careful what you ___ for"
- One might be made on a shooting star
- Fervently hope
- Disney film in which Asha meets a magic fallen star
- Point to his confusion, as you like
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - July 31, 2026
- Daily American - May 25, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - April 10, 2026
- Your Life Choices - January 09, 2026
- Daily American - January 08, 2026
- Your Life Choices - December 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 09, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 30, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 18, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 10, 2025
- USA Today - March 09, 2025
- USA Today - February 19, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 22, 2025
- Daily American - January 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 12, 2025
- New York Times - December 08, 2024
- Daily American - December 04, 2024
- Your Life Choices - November 15, 2024
- Mirror Mini - November 06, 2024
- USA Today - November 05, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 21, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - October 12, 2024
- LA Times - September 01, 2024
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