Articles of faith

The answer

TENETS

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TENETS answer page.

Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1958. 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 (2 uses in xd)
• CREDOS (2 uses in xd)
• DOGMAS (2 uses in xd)
• CREED (1 uses in xd)
• DOGMA (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for TENETS

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

• Beliefs - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Doctrines - used 44 times, most recently in 2024
• Principles - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Basic beliefs - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Precepts - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Convictions - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Core beliefs - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Core principles - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Dogmas - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Group doctrines - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Guiding principles - used 7 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Has faith in - TRUSTS, used 35 times
• Japanese faith - SHINTO, used 18 times
• Faith - BELIEF, used 9 times
• Eastern faith - SHINTO, used 7 times
• Faith, hope or charity - VIRTUE, used 7 times
• Have faith in - RELYON, used 7 times

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