Not fake
The crossword clue "Not fake" is answered by REAL, a 4-letter entry. Used 47 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
REAL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REAL answer page.
Used 47 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for REAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by REAL, most used first.
- Genuine - used 286 times, most recently in 2026
- Authentic - used 284 times, most recently in 2026
- Bona fide - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
- Actual - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
- Honest-to-goodness - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Not imaginary - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- True-to-life - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Concrete - used 47 times, most recently in 2024
- Tangible - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Sincere - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Unfeigned - used 28 times, most recently in 2021
- "Get ___!" - used 25 times, most recently in 2020
- Down-to-earth - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Not imagined - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Not made up - used 23 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.
- Not fooled by - ONTO, used 444 times
- Not as much - LESS, used 378 times
- If not - ELSE, used 199 times
- Not "fer" - AGIN, used 181 times
- Not pro - ANTI, used 172 times
- Not so much - LESS, used 171 times
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