Be dependent
The crossword clue "Be dependent" is answered by RELY, a 4-letter entry. Used 41 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
RELY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RELY answer page.
Used 41 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 15 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.
- HINGE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for RELY
Every other clue in this collection answered by RELY, most used first.
- Depend (on) - used 417 times, most recently in 2026
- Depend - used 286 times, most recently in 2026
- Count (on) - used 167 times, most recently in 2026
- Bank (on) - used 127 times, most recently in 2026
- Lean (on) - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Hinge (on) - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
- Be dependent (on) - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
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