Part of "to be"

The answer

ARE

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ARE answer page.

Used 20 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 7 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.

• WERE (5 uses in xd)
• IS (4 uses in xd)
• WAS (4 uses in xd)
• AM (3 uses in xd)
• BEEN (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for ARE

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

• Exist - used 858 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ we there yet?" - used 251 times, most recently in 2026
• Common verb - used 198 times, most recently in 2025
• Verb for you - used 139 times, most recently in 2026
• "You ___ here" - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ we having fun yet?" - used 115 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ you serious?" - used 98 times, most recently in 2026
• "__ you kidding?" - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• "Chances ___" - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
• "Roses -- red" - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
• Live - used 85 times, most recently in 2022
• Live and breathe - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• "Right you --!" - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ you for real?" - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• "All bets ___ off" - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• "What ___ the odds?" - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• "My lips ___ sealed" - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
• "We ___ the World" - used 72 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ you kidding me?" - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ you sure?" - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
• 100 square meters - used 59 times, most recently in 2019
• "You ___ My Sunshine" - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Is for two? - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Modern art? - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Is for you? - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• "__ you nuts?" - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Equal - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• "All the Things You ___" - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
• "You __ what you eat" - used 41 times, most recently in 2023
• Metric measure - used 40 times, most recently in 2014
• Consist of - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
• Land measure - used 35 times, most recently in 2021
• "__ You Lonesome Tonight?" - used 35 times, most recently in 2023
• "You ___ There" - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Have being - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Is for more than one? - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• "Odds ___ . . ." - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ you listening?" - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• "Ready when you __" - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• "Where the Wild Things ___" - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Auxiliary verb. - used 30 times, most recently in 2004
• Is for many? - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• "Rules ___ rules" - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• "How ___ you?" - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• "Blessed ___ the meek" - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• It may follow you - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• It often follows you - used 24 times, most recently in 2019
• "___ we done here?" - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• "We ___ not amused" - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• "Butterflies ___ Free" - used 23 times, most recently in 2016
• "We ___ Family" (Sister Sledge song) - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Were now? - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Add up to - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Form of "to be" - used 19 times, most recently in 2021
• Have existence - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• "We ___ the Champions" - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• "Where the Boys ___" - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Have life - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
• "We ___ Family" - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• "__ we good?" - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ you ready?" - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Is pluralized - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• "There you ___!" - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Amount to - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Beatitudes verb - used 16 times, most recently in 2013
• Continue to be. - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• "Diamonds ___ Forever" - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• "Just the Way You ___" - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
• "___ you with me?" - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• "Diamonds __ Forever"; 007 film - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Don't just seem - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Really exist - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• "Where ___ we?" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• "Where -- you?" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• "You ___ So Beautiful" - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• A verb for you - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
• "Come as you ___" - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• English 101 verb - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• Is plural? - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Portray - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• Verb that sounds like a letter - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• "Who ___ you kidding?" - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Have a life - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "What -- you doing?" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• A word with you - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• "Chances ___" (Johnny Mathis hit) - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Equals - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• "... how I wonder what you ___" - used 12 times, most recently in 2012
• Is doubled? - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Lionel Richie's "You ___" - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• Metric unit - used 12 times, most recently in 1994
• "Who do you think you ___?" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "Chances ___," Mathis hit - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Comprise - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• It may come after you - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• Violets-blue connector - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• "___ we alone?" - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• "We Three Kings of Orient ___" - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• "What ___ you saying?" - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ you happy now?" - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ you out of your mind?" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "And yet here we ___" - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• "And you __?" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "Facts __ facts" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "We __ not alone" - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• "You ___" (Lionel Richie hit) - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• "___ You There God? It's Me, Margaret" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Art, today - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Have reality. - used 9 times, most recently in 1967
• "How ___ things?" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Last word of Shelley's "Adonais" - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• "Men _____ From Mars ..." - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Occur. - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Take up space - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• "Violets __ blue..." - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• "What ___ the chances?" - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• "Who ___ you?" - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• "__ you joking?" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "All men ___ created equal" - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• "Chances __" (Mathis tune) - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Contemporary art - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Exists - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Is after you? - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Is for many people? - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Plural "is" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Sendak's "Where the Wild Things ___" - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Subsist - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• "There ___ no words" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "__ you okay?" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Cost - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "Diamonds ___ Forever" (Bond film) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Exist en masse - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "How ___ you doing?" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Is for a group? - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Is relative? - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• It might follow you - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• One hundred square meters - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Plural of is - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Remain. - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
• "Some ___ born great . . ." - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Take place - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• "The best things in life ___ free" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• What "will be" will be - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "Chances ___" (Johnny Mathis song) - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Come-as-you-___ party - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Ear anagram - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Equal, perhaps - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Everyday verb - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Happen. - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• "Happy Days ___ Here Again" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Have the role of - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Is for a few - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Is for all? - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Is for them - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Is multiplied? - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• It might come after you - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Metric land measure - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
• "r," in texts - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "So there you ___!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Texter's "r" - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "That's What Friends __ For" - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• "These ___ the times ..." - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• "Trix ___ for kids!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• We might come before it - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• "What ___ friends for?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• What may follow you - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• "What ___ you up to?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Where ___ you going?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• "Who ___ we kidding?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• "You ___" - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• "-- you awake?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ you finished?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• "-- you sleeping?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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