"Why not?"
The crossword clue ""Why not?"" is answered by SURE, a 4-letter entry. Used 57 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 22 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SURE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SURE answer page.
Used 57 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 22 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.
- OKSURE (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for SURE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SURE, most used first.
- Certain - used 160 times, most recently in 2026
- Confident - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
- Positive - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- "You bet!" - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- "Of course!" - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Foolproof - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- "No problem!" - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- "Absolutely!" - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Without a doubt - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- "Certainly!" - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- "You betcha!" - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Not fooled by - ONTO, used 444 times
- Not as much - LESS, used 378 times
- If not - ELSE, used 199 times
- Not "fer" - AGIN, used 181 times
- Not pro - ANTI, used 172 times
- Not so much - LESS, used 171 times
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