"Because I ___ so!"

The answer

SAID

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

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SAID

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

• Uttered - used 179 times, most recently in 2026
• Stated - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Aforementioned - used 40 times, most recently in 2023
• Put into words - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Spoken - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Came out with - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Remarked - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Declared - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Mentioned - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Spoke - used 17 times, most recently in 2019
• Verbalized - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Voiced - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Pronounced - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• Port ___, Egypt - used 13 times, most recently in 2002
• Named before. - used 12 times, most recently in 1997
• Port ___. - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• Articulated - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Expressed - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• "... ___ no one ever" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "Easier ___ than done" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Not tacit - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Blurted out - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Egypt's Port ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Gave voice to - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Mentioned before - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Vocalized - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• "You ___ a mouthful!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Announced - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Enough ___!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• More than implied - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

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