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Hinge (on)

Answer: RELY - 4 letters

The crossword clue "Hinge (on)" is answered by RELY, a 4-letter entry. Used 49 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.

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RELY

RELY

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

49Times used
20Distinct years
2025Most recent year
13Publications

Used 49 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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  • DEPEND (6 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

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