Say it is so
The crossword clue "Say it is so" is answered by AVOW, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
AVOW
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AVOW answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for AVOW
Every other clue in this collection answered by AVOW, most used first.
- Declare - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
- Acknowledge - used 129 times, most recently in 2026
- Declare openly - used 117 times, most recently in 2026
- Swear - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
- Confess - used 65 times, most recently in 2020
- Assert - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Profess - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- State frankly - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Admit frankly - used 34 times, most recently in 2024
- Confess openly - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Admit openly - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
- State firmly - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Declare frankly - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Openly declare - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Openly confess - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Maintain - used 21 times, most recently in 2020
- State openly - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
- Swear to - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Declare to be true - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- State with conviction - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Affirm - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Solemnly swear - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Admit - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
- Declare bluntly - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Declare firmly - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Proclaim - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Say it's so - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- State categorically - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
- State solemnly - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Affirm as true - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Swear to be true - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Own up to - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Admit bluntly - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Declare formally - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Make no bones about - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- State - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- State confidently - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Claim - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Own - used 7 times, most recently in 1993
- State positively - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Acknowledge frankly - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Claim to be true - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Declare assuredly - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Declare without shame - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Openly state - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- State boldly - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- State under oath - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- State unflinchingly - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- State with certainty - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- "Sad to say ..." - ALAS, used 250 times
- "What ___ can I say?" - ELSE, used 116 times
- Say it isn't so - DENY, used 113 times
- Say it's so - AVER, used 97 times
- "You can say that again!" - AMEN, used 93 times
- "Sorry to say . . ." - ALAS, used 84 times
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