The term 'Wish Otherwise' can be broken down into four crossword solutions: REGRET (6 letters), RUE (3 letters), HANKER (6 letters), and HOPENOT (7 letters). REGRET is a feeling of sorrow or remorse for something that has happened, while RUE is to express REGRET or sorrow for. HANKER is to have a strong desire or longing for something, and HOPENOT is the opposite of hope, meaning to not have any hope. All together, these words describe a feeling of wishing things were different than they are, but having no hope that they will be.