Maternal relative
The crossword clue "Maternal relative" is answered by ENATE, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ENATE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ENATE answer page.
Used 17 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ENATE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ENATE, most used first.
- Growing out - used 159 times, most recently in 2014
- Maternally related - used 87 times, most recently in 2018
- Related on the mother's side - used 66 times, most recently in 2023
- Related maternally - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Related on mom's side - used 31 times, most recently in 2022
- Growing outward - used 28 times, most recently in 2011
- Related on mother's side - used 22 times, most recently in 2008
- Related to mom - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Akin on Mom's side - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Descended on the mother's side - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- On the mother's side - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
- Related on one's mother's side - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
- A maternal relation - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Maternally akin - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Mother's relative - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Maternal relation - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Relative by marriage - INLAW, used 84 times
- Relative. - NIECE, used 77 times
- Acquired relative - INLAW, used 70 times
- Raccoon relative - COATI, used 68 times
- Giraffe relative - OKAPI, used 55 times
- Birch relative - ALDER, used 49 times
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