Was sure

The answer

KNEW

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

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 5 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
• 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
• 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.

• "Yeah, sure!" - IBET, used 143 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
• "Oh, sure!" - IBET, used 51 times

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