Best friends
The crossword clue "Best friends" is answered by PALS, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PALS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PALS answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PALS
Every other clue in this collection answered by PALS, most used first.
- Buddies - used 209 times, most recently in 2026
- Buds - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
- Chums - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Cronies - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Good buddies - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Friends - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Best buds - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Close friends - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Amigos - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Good friends - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Good buds - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Sidekicks - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
- Close associates - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Compadres - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Comrades - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Besties - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Close group - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Mates - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- They hang together - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Bosom buddies - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Fast friends - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- People to hang with - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Playmates - 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.
- French friends - AMIS, used 105 times
- Kudrow of "Friends" - LISA, used 47 times
- "Just doing my best" - ITRY, used 33 times
- "Friends" friend - ROSS, used 31 times
- Actress Best - EDNA, used 28 times
- "Friends" character - ROSS, used 28 times
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