Inheritance recipient
The crossword clue "Inheritance recipient" is answered by HEIR, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1992. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HEIR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HEIR answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1992. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HEIR
Every other clue in this collection answered by HEIR, most used first.
- Next in line - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Estate recipient - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Successor - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Legatee - used 37 times, most recently in 2020
- Will beneficiary - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Estate beneficiary - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ apparent - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ to the throne - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- One with will power? - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Beneficiary - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Legacy recipient - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Natural successor - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
- Prince, e.g. - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Inheritor - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Will name - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Will figure - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Eldest son. - used 8 times, most recently in 1963
- One next in line - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- One who's next in line - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Junior, often - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Name in a will - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- One destined to receive? - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- One named in a will - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- One who's got it coming - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Person named in a will - 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.
- Medal recipient - HERO, used 47 times
- Medal of Honor recipient - HERO, used 41 times
- Fan mail recipient - IDOL, used 19 times
- Military medal recipient - HERO, used 19 times
- Inheritance factor - GENE, used 15 times
- Mascara recipient - LASH, used 14 times
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