Mongolian monk
The crossword clue "Mongolian monk" is answered by LAMA, a 4-letter entry. Used 20 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LAMA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAMA answer page.
Used 20 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LAMA
Every other clue in this collection answered by LAMA, most used first.
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- Tibetan holy man - used 27 times, most recently in 2022
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- Eastern monk - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Prayer wheel user - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
- Buddhist priest - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
- Tibetan title - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Asian monk - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Priest from the East - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Eastern priest - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Himalayan holy man - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Monk - used 10 times, most recently in 1996
- Asian priest - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Dharma teacher - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Buddhist leader - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Lhasa holy man - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- Mantra chanter - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
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- Ogden Nash's priest - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Prayer wheel turner - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Priest - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
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- Tibetan spiritual leader - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Mahayana master - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Revered Tibetan - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Mongolian desert - GOBI, used 170 times
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- Mongolian expanse - GOBI, used 15 times
- Former name of Mongolian capital. - URGA, used 11 times
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