Wise saying
The crossword clue "Wise saying" is answered by AXIOM, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AXIOM
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AXIOM answer page.
Used 16 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 2 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.
- APHORISM (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for AXIOM
Every other clue in this collection answered by AXIOM, most used first.
- Self-evident truth - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
- Truism - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Accepted truth - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Universal principle - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Adage - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Fundamental truth - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Self-evident principle - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Accepted principle - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Postulate - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
- Saw - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Universal truth - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Established principle - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Geometry basic - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Assumed truth - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Universally accepted principle - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Words to live by - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Wise ones - SAGES, used 133 times
- Old saying - ADAGE, used 127 times
- Saying - ADAGE, used 96 times
- Wise saying - ADAGE, used 91 times
- Wise guys - SAGES, used 80 times
- Wise men - SAGES, used 49 times
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