Words to live by

The answer

TENET

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TENET answer page.

Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 10 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.

• CREDO (84 uses in xd)
• MOTTO (55 uses in xd)
• CREED (37 uses in xd)
• CREDOS (8 uses in xd)
• ADAGE (7 uses in xd)

Other clues for TENET

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

• Doctrine - used 234 times, most recently in 2026
• Belief - used 191 times, most recently in 2026
• Principle - used 183 times, most recently in 2026
• Basic belief - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
• Core belief - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Article of faith - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• Basic principle - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Dogma - used 54 times, most recently in 2023
• Precept - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
• Palindromic principle - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Guiding principle - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Religious doctrine - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Religious belief - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Core principle - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Credo - used 19 times, most recently in 2011
• Religious principle - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Creed - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Fundamental belief - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Fundamental principle - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Moral principle - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Something to believe in - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Group belief - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Palindromic belief - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Opinion - used 11 times, most recently in 2004
• Principle of faith - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Conviction - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• Position - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Former CIA director George - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Group principle - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Guiding belief - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Ism - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Believe it! - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Bit of dogma - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Maxim - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Palindromist's dogma - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Postulation - 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.

• Words to live by - CREDO, used 84 times
• Clarifying words - IMEAN, used 70 times
• Live and breathe - EXIST, used 66 times
• At ___ for words - ALOSS, used 63 times
• Man of many words - ROGET, used 58 times
• Words to live by - MOTTO, used 55 times

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