Answer:

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We have spotted DIRE (4 Letters) a total of 81 times in our database. Below you may see the clues associated with DIRE and also when and where was it last seen:

Referring crossword puzzle clues

• Far from fortunate
• Shocking
• More ominous
• Urgent or desperate
• All but hopeless
• Like a bleak situation
• Highly worrisome
• Needing urgent attention
• Not looking good at all
• Grave
• Very urgent
• Catastrophic
• Quite urgent
• Dismal
• Super serious
• Very serious
• Requiring immediate attention
• Really serious
• Life-or-death
• Calamitous
• In ___ straits (desperate)
• Word before straits or wolf
• Terribly urgent
• Presaging bad consequences
• Highly urgent
• Dreadful
• Horribly urgent
• Bleak
• Potentially catastrophic
• In ___ need (desperate)
• Looking grim
• Like a bad situation
• Super serious as straits
• Desperate
• Ominous
• In ___ straits
• Extremely urgent
• Critical
• More than serious
• Serious in a bad way
• Really urgent
• Terrible
• Like some straits
• Very worrisome
• Consequences sometimes
• Urgent
• Terribly serious
• Tragic
• Grim

Usage among publishers:

• New York Times: Oct 17, 2025
• USA Today: Aug 30, 2025
• Thomas Joseph: Aug 12, 2025
• Newsday: Aug 9, 2025
• Newsday: May 25, 2025
• Thomas Joseph: Apr 25, 2025
• Wall Street Journal: Feb 28, 2025
• Wall Street Journal: Feb 19, 2025
• USA Today: Feb 13, 2025
• Universal: Feb 2, 2025
• Newsday: Jan 21, 2025
• Newsday: Jan 15, 2025
• Universal: Jan 10, 2025
• New York Times: Dec 29, 2024
• Newsday: Nov 27, 2024
• Newsday: Nov 17, 2024
• LA Times: Nov 9, 2024
• USA Today: Oct 11, 2024
• Wall Street Journal: Sep 21, 2024
• Thomas Joseph: Aug 16, 2024
• Thomas Joseph: Jun 12, 2024
• New York Times: Jun 10, 2024
• Thomas Joseph: Apr 25, 2024
• USA Today: Mar 10, 2024
• Newsday: Feb 22, 2024
• Wall Street Journal: Jan 8, 2024
• Universal: Dec 26, 2023
• LA Times: Oct 11, 2023