Instill confidence in
The crossword clue "Instill confidence in" is answered by ASSURE, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ASSURE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASSURE answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ASSURE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ASSURE, most used first.
- Guarantee - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Give confidence to - used 39 times, most recently in 2024
- Make certain - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Promise - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Promise confidently - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Convince - used 12 times, most recently in 1996
- Encourage - used 7 times, most recently in 1977
- Give one's word - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Give one's word to - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Quell concerns - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Free from doubt - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- State with confidence - ASSERT, used 27 times
- Has confidence in - TRUSTS, used 22 times
- Self-confidence - APLOMB, used 20 times
- Declare with confidence - ASSERT, used 11 times
- Self-___ (confidence) - ESTEEM, used 6 times
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