Like Abe

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HONEST

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

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• "I swear!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• "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
• "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.

• Like better - PREFER, used 56 times
• Like - AKINTO, used 44 times
• Like some garages - ONECAR, used 36 times
• Stick like glue - ADHERE, used 33 times
• Like some patches - IRONON, used 31 times
• Like llamas - ANDEAN, used 30 times

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