"Sure, skipper!"

The answer

AYE

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

Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Affirmative - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Favorable vote - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Vote in favor - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Yes, at sea - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Supporter's vote - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Nautical assent - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Assent at sea - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Nautical "yes" - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Positive vote - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Thumbs-up vote - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Pirate's assent - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Yes - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
• Affirmative at sea - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "All in favor, say ___" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Reply to a captain - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Naval agreement? - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Parliamentary vote - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Senate vote - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Nautical affirmative - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Word of support - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• "Yes, cap'n!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• "Yes," on Talk Like a Pirate Day - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Formal assent - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Roll-call response - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• "Sure thing, skipper!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Vote of support - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Nay canceler - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Senate approval - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• "Yes," to a sailor - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Agreement at sea - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "All in favor" word - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Ensign's affirmative - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Parliament vote - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Popeye's "Positively!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Roll-call call - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Sailor's agreement - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Word of assent - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Affirmative on board - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Assent asea - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Check, mate" - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• One way to vote - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Pirate's "yes" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Sea assent - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Vote of confidence - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Yea - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• "Sure thing!" - YES, used 80 times
• "Sure!" - YES, used 67 times
• "___ you sure?" - ARE, used 66 times
• "For sure!" - YES, used 65 times
• "Sure thing" - YEP, used 21 times
• Shoo-__ (sure things) - INS, used 17 times

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