Was privy to
The crossword clue "Was privy to" is answered by KNEW, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
KNEW
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the KNEW answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 5 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.
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
- Didn't need to guess - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- 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
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.
- Privy to - INON, used 501 times
- "That was close!" - PHEW, used 117 times
- "When I was ___ . . . " - ALAD, used 96 times
- Was in debt - OWED, used 69 times
- Was in the red - OWED, used 68 times
- "That was close!" - WHEW, used 50 times
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