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The answer

KNEW

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

Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for KNEW

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

• Recognized - used 97 times, most recently in 2025
• Was aware of - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• Was sure of - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Had down cold - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Was familiar with - used 37 times, most recently in 2024
• Was acquainted with - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Understood - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Had down pat - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Was aware - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Was certain of - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Had down - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• Had no doubt - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Felt in one's bones - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Was sure about - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Grasped - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Had the answer - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Was in the loop - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Didn't just guess - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Didn't just suspect - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Experienced - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Realized - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Was positive - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Was in on - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Was sure - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Had the facts - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• More than suspected - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Was forewarned - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Was privy to - used 6 times, most recently in 2006

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.

• Wild guess - STAB, used 480 times
• Pressing need - IRON, used 116 times
• Rough guess - STAB, used 77 times
• Baker's need - OVEN, used 72 times
• Tug-of-war need - ROPE, used 72 times
• Gumbo need - OKRA, used 56 times

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