Group with a tartan

The answer

CLAN

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CLAN answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for CLAN

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

• Family - used 115 times, most recently in 2026
• Extended family - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
• Family group - used 69 times, most recently in 2025
• Big family - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Large family - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Highlands family - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Extended family group - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Tribe - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Reunion group - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Close-knit group - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Highlands group - used 18 times, most recently in 2018
• Hatfields or McCoys - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Highland group - used 16 times, most recently in 2007
• Scottish family - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
• Tartan-wearing group - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Clique - used 14 times, most recently in 1988
• The Kennedys, e.g. - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Scottish group - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Social group - used 12 times, most recently in 1996
• Group of families - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Kin group - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Social unit - used 10 times, most recently in 2001
• "The ___ of the Cave Bear" - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Wu-Tang ___ - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Kinship group - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Large family group - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Scot's family - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Family unit - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Group. - used 7 times, most recently in 1973
• Group with a common ancestor - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Scottish family group - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Tartan wearers - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• The Hatfields or the McCoys - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Tribal unit - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Family reunion group - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Highlander family - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• The McCoys, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Tribal division - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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.

• Splinter group - SECT, used 217 times
• Prefix with dynamic - AERO, used 152 times
• Share a border with - ABUT, used 152 times
• Done with - OVER, used 145 times
• With: Fr. - AVEC, used 132 times
• Coop group - HENS, used 131 times

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