Confesses
The crossword clue "Confesses" is answered by ADMITS, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ADMITS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ADMITS answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- ADMITSIT (1 uses in xd)
- COMESCLEAN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ADMITS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ADMITS, most used first.
- Lets in - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Fesses up - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Lets on - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Fesses up to - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Owns up to - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Confesses - OWNSUP, used 21 times
- Confesses (to) - OWNSUP, used 6 times
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