Doctrine
The crossword clue "Doctrine" is answered by CREED, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CREED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CREED answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 7 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.
- DOXY (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for CREED
Every other clue in this collection answered by CREED, most used first.
- Words to live by - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Guiding principle - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Belief - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Statement of belief - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Confession of faith - used 13 times, most recently in 2010
- Belief system - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Religious belief - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Set of beliefs - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Nicene ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Church doctrine - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Something to believe in - 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.
- Doctrine - TENET, used 234 times
- Church doctrine - DOGMA, used 44 times
- Doctrine - CREDO, used 35 times
- Religious doctrine - DOGMA, used 25 times
- Religious doctrine - TENET, used 23 times
- Doctrine - DOGMA, used 14 times
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