"I swear!"

The answer

HONEST

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HONEST answer page.

Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 8 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.

• NOLIE (28 uses in xd)
• SOHELPME (11 uses in xd)
• ONGOD (5 uses in xd)
• BYGOD (3 uses in xd)
• HONESTTOGOD (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for HONEST

Every other clue in this collection answered by HONEST, most used first.

• Truthful - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
• Upright - used 25 times, most recently in 2022
• Trustworthy - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
• "No kidding!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• Straightforward - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• "I kid you not!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Aboveboard - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Sincere - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Like Abe - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• "No lie!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• On the up and up - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "Really?" - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• "That's the truth!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Frank - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• "So help me!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2007

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.

• Swear (to) - ATTEST, used 65 times
• Swear - ATTEST, used 41 times
• Swear by - RELYON, used 6 times

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