Deck officer
The crossword clue "Deck officer" is answered by BOSN, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BOSN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BOSN answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 3 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.
- BOATSWAIN (1 uses in xd)
- SECONDMATE (1 uses in xd)
- SHIPSMATE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for BOSN
Every other clue in this collection answered by BOSN, most used first.
- Cap'n's mate - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
- Cap'n's underling - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Petty officer - used 17 times, most recently in 2020
- Petty officer, for short - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
- Capt.'s deck aide - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Cap'n's subordinate - used 6 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.
- On deck - NEXT, used 94 times
- All hands on deck - CREW, used 37 times
- Deck quartet - ACES, used 30 times
- Deck wood - TEAK, used 29 times
- Playing with a full deck - SANE, used 21 times
- Staff officer. - AIDE, used 21 times
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