Person named in a will
The crossword clue "Person named in a will" is answered by HEIR, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 3 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2023. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
HEIR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HEIR answer page.
Used 6 times across 3 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2023. 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
- Inheritance recipient - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- 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
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.
- Per person - EACH, used 135 times
- Person, place or thing - NOUN, used 111 times
- First person - ADAM, used 94 times
- Annoying person - PEST, used 93 times
- Hilarious person - RIOT, used 91 times
- One-named supermodel - IMAN, used 89 times
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