Not real
The crossword clue "Not real" is answered by FAKE, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1986. 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
FAKE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FAKE answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 5 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.
- IMAGINED (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for FAKE
Every other clue in this collection answered by FAKE, most used first.
- Counterfeit - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Phony - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Bogus - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Ersatz - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Sham - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Charlatan - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Impostor - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Imitation - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Faux - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Knockoff - 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.
- Not fooled by - ONTO, used 444 times
- Not as much - LESS, used 378 times
- If not - ELSE, used 199 times
- Not "fer" - AGIN, used 181 times
- Not pro - ANTI, used 172 times
- Not so much - LESS, used 171 times
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