Close friends
The crossword clue "Close friends" is answered by PALS, a 4-letter entry. Used 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 8 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 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 8 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.
- ALTEREGOS (1 uses in xd)
- DEARONES (1 uses in xd)
- FAMILIARS (1 uses in xd)
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
- 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
- Best friends - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
- 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.
- Close by - NEAR, used 299 times
- Close - NEAR, used 263 times
- Close - SHUT, used 154 times
- "That was close!" - PHEW, used 117 times
- French friends - AMIS, used 105 times
- Comes to a close - ENDS, used 97 times
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