Relative.
The crossword clue "Relative." is answered by INLAW, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2001; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
INLAW
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the INLAW answer page.
Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2001; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for INLAW
Every other clue in this collection answered by INLAW, most used first.
- Relative by marriage - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Acquired relative - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
- Acquired kin - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Acquired family member - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Family member. - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
- Marriage acquisition - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Spouse's kin - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Acquired relation - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Holiday visitor - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Kin by marriage - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Merger acquisition? - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Relative via marriage - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Wedding day acquisition - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- "Family Feud" teammate, often - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Spouse's relative - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Spouse's sibling - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Wedding acquisition - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Eloper's acquisition - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Non-blood relative - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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. - NIECE, used 77 times
- Raccoon relative - COATI, used 68 times
- Giraffe relative - OKAPI, used 55 times
- Birch relative - ALDER, used 49 times
- Female relative - NIECE, used 42 times
- Alpaca relative - LLAMA, used 33 times
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