Guiding principles

The answer

TENETS

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

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 5 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.

• CREDOS (9 uses in xd)
• CREEDS (8 uses in xd)
• ETHOS (7 uses in xd)
• ETHIC (4 uses in xd)
• IDEALS (4 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
• Articles of faith - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• 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

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.

• Moral principles - ETHICS, used 35 times
• Guiding light - BEACON, used 34 times
• Lacking principles - AMORAL, used 32 times
• Without principles - AMORAL, used 17 times
• Worthy principles - IDEALS, used 11 times
• Guiding principles - CREDOS, used 9 times

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