Depend (upon)
The crossword clue "Depend (upon)" is answered by RELY, a 4-letter entry. Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1935. 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
RELY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RELY answer page.
Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1935. 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.
- BANKON (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 - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Bank - used 37 times, most recently in 2023
- Be dependent (on) - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Trust, with "on" - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
- Count - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Fall back (on) - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Trust - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
- Swear by, with "on" - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
- Have faith in, with "on" - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Have confidence - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- ___ on (put trust in) - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Depend, with "on" - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Have confidence in (with "on") - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Hinge (upon) - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Show faith in (with "on") - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- "__ upon a time..." - ONCE, used 138 times
- Upon - ATOP, used 99 times
- Perched upon - ATOP, used 88 times
- Stratford-upon-___ - AVON, used 52 times
- Inflict upon - DOTO, used 40 times
- Touch upon - ABUT, used 40 times
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