"... is a friend __

The answer

INDEED

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

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for INDEED

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

• Truly - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Certainly - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• "Absolutely!" - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Verily - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• "You don't say!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• "For sure!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• "Really!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• "Positively!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• To be sure. - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• "Without a doubt!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• Finn's friend - SAWYER, used 25 times
• Friend of Porthos - ARAMIS, used 19 times
• Letter-writing friend - PENPAL, used 12 times
• Friend of d'Artagnan - ARAMIS, used 11 times
• Friend of Jerry and George - ELAINE, used 10 times
• "Friends" friend - PHOEBE, used 10 times

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