Legit

The answer

REAL

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

Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2020. It appears in 7 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.

• KOSHER (17 uses in xd)
• SEEMS (9 uses in xd)
• VALID (7 uses in xd)
• LAWFUL (4 uses in xd)
• ABOVEBOARD (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for REAL

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

• Genuine - used 286 times, most recently in 2026
• Authentic - used 284 times, most recently in 2026
• Bona fide - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
• Actual - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
• Honest-to-goodness - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Not imaginary - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• True-to-life - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Concrete - used 47 times, most recently in 2024
• Not fake - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Tangible - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Sincere - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Unfeigned - used 28 times, most recently in 2021
• "Get ___!" - used 25 times, most recently in 2020
• Down-to-earth - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Not imagined - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Not made up - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of estate - used 20 times, most recently in 2007
• True - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• Flesh-and-blood - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• Factual - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Not phony - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Not virtual - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• "Are you for ___?" - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Existing. - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Not counterfeit - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• In the flesh - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Unaffected - used 11 times, most recently in 2007
• Heartfelt - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• "It's been __!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Not fictitious - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Old Spanish coin - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
• Unimagined - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• "Camino ___" - used 9 times, most recently in 1991
• ___ Madrid - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Veritable - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Not a movie - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• Verifiable - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• __ estate - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Keep it __!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• The McCoy - used 7 times, most recently in 2003
• Very, informally - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Legitimate - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Not artificial - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "The ___ Housewives of Orange County" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• ___ avis - RARA, used 650 times
• Costa ___ - RICA, used 436 times
• Depend (on) - RELY, used 417 times
• Harvest - REAP, used 415 times
• Pro ___ - RATA, used 411 times
• Make over - REDO, used 404 times

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