Bound by oath
The crossword clue "Bound by oath" is answered by SWORN, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1926. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SWORN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SWORN answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1926. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SWORN
Every other clue in this collection answered by SWORN, most used first.
- Under oath - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
- Like much testimony - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Like court testimony - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Like some testimony - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Avowed - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Like some enemies - used 7 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.
- Take an oath - SWEAR, used 51 times
- Took an oath - SWORE, used 50 times
- Quaint oath - EGADS, used 22 times
- Earth bound? - ATLAS, used 10 times
- Mild oath - EGADS, used 10 times
- Bound bundle - SHEAF, used 9 times
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