Old what's-___-name

The answer

HIS

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HIS answer page.

Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. 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.

• HER (13 uses in xd)

Other clues for HIS

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

• That guy's - used 148 times, most recently in 2026
• Towel word - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
• Pronoun. - used 47 times, most recently in 1975
• That fellow's - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• That man's - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Casual greetings - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• He/him/___ - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Greetings - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• "__ Master's Voice" - used 28 times, most recently in 2022
• "To each ___ own" - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
• That dude's - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Word on a towel - used 25 times, most recently in 2019
• ___ and hers - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Possessive pronoun - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Towel inscription - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
• Not hers - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Part of HRH - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Belonging to that guy - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• "Killing Me Softly With ___ Song" - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Towel designation - used 16 times, most recently in 2016
• Towel embroidery - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Towel stitching - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Possessive - used 14 times, most recently in 1996
• Part of H.R.H. - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• "__ Girl Friday" - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Quick hellos - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Towel term - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ Dark Materials" (Philip Pullman trilogy that includes "The Golden Compass") - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• __ Majesty the King - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ nibs - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• Short greetings - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• What's-___-name - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly with ___ Song" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Common possessive - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• How-do-you-dos - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Informal greetings - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• -- Royal Highness - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Verbal waves - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• That bloke's - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• That gentleman's - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Belonging to him - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Casual hellos - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• That boy's - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• That lad's - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• The guy's - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "-- Way" (Sinatra biography) - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• What's-___-face - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Old French coin - ECU, used 181 times
• Pen name - BIC, used 178 times
• Old hand - PRO, used 166 times
• Old French coin - SOU, used 132 times
• Maiden name preceder - NEE, used 116 times
• What's more - AND, used 116 times

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