Head nun
The crossword clue "Head nun" is answered by ABBESS, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ABBESS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABBESS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ABBESS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABBESS, most used first.
- Mother Superior - used 30 times, most recently in 2023
- Convent leader - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Convent head - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Convent superior - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Big sister? - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Convent VIP - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Wreath for the head - ANADEM, used 24 times
- Head Hun - ATTILA, used 23 times
- Parish head - RECTOR, used 20 times
- Head honcho - TOPDOG, used 19 times
- Nun - SISTER, used 18 times
- Hun head - ATTILA, used 15 times
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