Mortarboard wearer

The answer

GRAD

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1997. 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.

• COLLEGEGRADUATE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for GRAD

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

• Alum - used 129 times, most recently in 2026
• Mortarboard tosser - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Alumnus - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Alumnus, for short - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Diploma holder - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Cap-and-gown wearer - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• June celebrant - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Diploma recipient - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ school - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Reunion attendee - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Sheepskin holder - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Kind of student - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Mortarboard flinger - 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.

• Kilt wearer - SCOT, used 59 times
• Burnoose wearer - ARAB, used 38 times
• Kaffiyeh wearer - ARAB, used 36 times
• White hat wearer - CHEF, used 27 times
• Sari wearer - RANI, used 23 times
• Tartan wearer - SCOT, used 18 times

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