Assuming that

The answer

IFSO

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IFSO answer page.

Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 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.

• EVENIF (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for IFSO

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

• In that case - used 231 times, most recently in 2026
• Should that be the case - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• "Assuming that's true ..." - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• That being the case - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• In that event - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• "Should that be true ..." - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• "Assuming that's the case ..." - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "Should that happen ..." - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• In case it's true - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• In which case - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Then - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "Given that ..." - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Supposing that - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
• "___ Well That Ends Well" - ALLS, used 158 times
• At that time - THEN, used 134 times
• "That makes sense" - ISEE, used 132 times
• "___ there, done that" - BEEN, used 123 times
• "That was close!" - PHEW, used 117 times

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