Affirmative answer
The crossword clue "Affirmative answer" is answered by YES, a 3-letter entry. Used 41 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
YES
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YES answer page.
Used 41 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 15 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.
- SURELY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for YES
Every other clue in this collection answered by YES, most used first.
- Affirmative - used 210 times, most recently in 2026
- "Certainly!" - used 129 times, most recently in 2026
- "May I help you?" - used 63 times, most recently in 2025
- Agreeable answer - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- "By all means!" - used 53 times, most recently in 2025
- "You rang?" - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- "Owner of a Lonely Heart" band - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- "That's correct" - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Positive response - used 27 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.
- Altar affirmative - IDO, used 134 times
- Affirmative vote - YEA, used 118 times
- Affirmative action? - NOD, used 98 times
- Groom's answer - IDO, used 36 times
- NASA affirmative - AOK, used 33 times
- Rite answer? - IDO, used 33 times
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