Statement of belief

The answer

CREED

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

Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 9 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 (32 uses in xd)
• AVOWAL (1 uses in xd)
• ITHINK (1 uses in xd)
• TESTAMENT (1 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
• 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
• 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.

• Belief - TENET, used 191 times
• Basic belief - TENET, used 87 times
• Core belief - TENET, used 76 times
• Belief - CREDO, used 50 times
• Statement of belief - CREDO, used 32 times
• Religious belief - TENET, used 22 times

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