Be skeptical
The crossword clue "Be skeptical" is answered by DOUBT, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DOUBT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DOUBT answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DOUBT
Every other clue in this collection answered by DOUBT, most used first.
- Uncertainty - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Question - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Feeling of uncertainty - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Have reservations about - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Skeptical - LEERY, used 46 times
- Skeptical sort - CYNIC, used 13 times
- Skeptical person - CYNIC, used 9 times
- Skeptical one - CYNIC, used 6 times
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