"Without a doubt!"

The answer

YES

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YES answer page.

Used 41 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 16 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.

• SURE (30 uses in xd)
• SURELY (10 uses in xd)
• TRULY (9 uses in xd)
• BYFAR (8 uses in xd)
• INDEED (6 uses in xd)

Other clues for YES

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

• "Absolutely!" - used 257 times, most recently in 2026
• Affirmative - used 210 times, most recently in 2026
• "Of course" - used 204 times, most recently in 2026
• "You bet!" - used 166 times, most recently in 2026
• "Certainly!" - used 129 times, most recently in 2026
• Thumbs-up - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
• "Sure thing!" - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• "Indeed!" - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• "Sure!" - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• "For sure!" - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• "You betcha!" - used 65 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
• "Definitely!" - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• "That's right" - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Affirmative answer - used 41 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
• Word of assent - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Positive response - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Word of agreement - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• "I agree" - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• "Indubitably" - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• No alternative - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• "Permission granted" - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• "Agreed" - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• "Okay!" - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Referendum choice - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
• "I do" - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• "I'd be glad to" - used 21 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.

• "Without further ___ ..." - ADO, used 256 times
• "And now, without further ___ ..." - ADO, used 80 times
• Without exception - ALL, used 59 times
• Without delay - NOW, used 37 times
• Mineo of "Rebel Without a Cause" - SAL, used 31 times

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