Set of beliefs

The answer

CREED

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CREED answer page.

Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1988. 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.

• CREDO (35 uses in xd)
• DOGMA (5 uses in xd)
• ETHOS (5 uses in xd)
• CREDOS (2 uses in xd)
• IDEOLOGY (2 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
• Doctrine - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• 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.

• Set straight - ALIGN, used 96 times
• Musical set in Argentina - EVITA, used 91 times
• All set - READY, used 66 times
• Set of principles - ETHIC, used 45 times
• Set free - UNTIE, used 44 times
• Set off - APART, used 37 times

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