"Star Wars" nickname

The answer

ANI

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

Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2003. 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.

• ARTOO (1 uses in xd)
• THREEPIO (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ANI

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

• Singer DiFranco - used 443 times, most recently in 2026
• Blackbird - used 265 times, most recently in 2026
• Cuckoo - used 145 times, most recently in 2022
• Black cuckoo - used 130 times, most recently in 2025
• Black bird - used 69 times, most recently in 2023
• "Wheel of Fortune" purchase - used 59 times, most recently in 2024
• Singer-songwriter DiFranco - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Folk singer DiFranco - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Folk rocker DiFranco - used 36 times, most recently in 2024
• "Wheel of Fortune" buy - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• Righteous Babe Records founder DiFranco - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Ms. DiFranco - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• "Wheel of Fortune" request - used 21 times, most recently in 2017
• Young Darth Vader's nickname - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• "32 Flavors" singer DiFranco - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Young Skywalker's nickname - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Violinist Kavafian - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Alex and ___ (jewelry brand) - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• "Both Hands" singer DiFranco - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Witch bird - used 17 times, most recently in 2002
• "The Phantom Menace" boy - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Cuckoo bird - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Darth Vader's childhood nickname - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Tropical cuckoo - used 14 times, most recently in 2008
• Tropical bird. - used 13 times, most recently in 2009
• Darth Vader's boyhood nickname - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• DiFranco of Righteous Babe Records - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Bird. - used 9 times, most recently in 1972
• DiFranco of song - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Folksinger DiFranco - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Grammy winner DiFranco - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Songwriter DiFranco - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Defiant DiFranco - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Pop singer DiFranco - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• DiFranco of folk rock - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Folkie DiFranco - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "Fuel" performer DiFranco - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• "Gimme ___!" (start of an Iowa State cheer) - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "Joyful Girl" singer DiFranco - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• "Little Plastic Castle" singer DiFranco - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Request to Sajak - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• "Star Wars" saga nickname - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" boy - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Alex and ___ (jewelry company) - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• "Binary" singer DiFranco - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• DiFranco of folk - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• DiFranco who founded Righteous Babe Records - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Musician DiFranco - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Not a Pretty Girl" singer DiFranco - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• "The Phantom Menace" kid - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Vader, as a boy - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Wheel of Fortune" buy, perhaps - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Young Darth's nickname - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

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