Affirmative
The crossword clue "Affirmative" is answered by AYE, a 3-letter entry. Used 22 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
AYE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AYE answer page.
Used 22 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 10 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.
- AY (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for AYE
Every other clue in this collection answered by AYE, most used first.
- Sailor's assent - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
- Sailor's "yes" - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Affirmative vote - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- "Yes, captain!" - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Yes vote - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Yeoman's "yes" - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Nay undoer - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Pro vote - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Sailor's affirmative - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Certain vote - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
- Vote for - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Favorable vote - used 21 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.
- Affirmative - YES, used 210 times
- Altar affirmative - IDO, used 134 times
- Affirmative vote - YEA, used 118 times
- Affirmative action? - NOD, used 98 times
- Affirmative answer - YES, used 41 times
- Slangy affirmative - YEP, used 34 times
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