Is a good Samaritan

The answer

AIDS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AIDS answer page.

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for AIDS

Every other clue in this collection answered by AIDS, most used first.

• Lends a hand - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
• Helps - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Helps out - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Assists - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Supports - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Gives a hand - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Lends a hand to - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Comes to the rescue - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
• Lends support to - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Gives a hand to - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Pitches in - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Facilitates - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Succors - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Abets - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Gives a boost to - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Boosts - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Benefits - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

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.

• ___ good example - SETA, used 133 times
• "The Good Earth" heroine - OLAN, used 92 times
• Good earth - LOAM, used 72 times
• In good health - HALE, used 53 times
• ___ no good - UPTO, used 53 times
• "Good grief!" - EGAD, used 47 times

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