Home/Rootonym/To ask or insist upon; to order or command; to demand as necessary or essential (verb)
To ask or insist upon; to order or command; to demand as necessary or essential (verb)
USA Today Rootonym clue · 7 letters · last seen August 27, 2026
Answer
REQUIRE
The Root
QUIRmeans “ask, seek”
In a sentence: Next year Ben's school will REQUIRE students to complete four years of a foreign language.
About this clue
The Rootonym clue “To ask or insist upon; to order or command; to demand as necessary or essential (verb)” has the answer REQUIRE (7 letters), built on the root QUIR, which means “ask, seek”. See the full August 27, 2026 Rootonym puzzle for the other three words, or browse all Rootonym answers.