Priest
The crossword clue "Priest" is answered by LAMA, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1924. 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
LAMA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAMA answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 4 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.
- CONFESSOR (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LAMA
Every other clue in this collection answered by LAMA, most used first.
- Tibetan monk - used 208 times, most recently in 2026
- Dalai ___ - used 189 times, most recently in 2026
- Tibetan priest - used 136 times, most recently in 2026
- The Dalai __ - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
- Priest of the East - used 44 times, most recently in 2021
- Buddhist monk - used 42 times, most recently in 2019
- Tibetan holy man - used 27 times, most recently in 2022
- Mongolian monk - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- User of a prayer wheel. - used 16 times, most recently in 2014
- 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
- Nash's "one-l" priest - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Ogden Nash's priest - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Prayer wheel turner - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Tibetan for "superior one" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- 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.
- Moslem priest - IMAM, used 29 times
- Mosque priest - IMAM, used 23 times
- Muslim priest - IMAM, used 13 times
- Mohammedan priest. - IMAM, used 10 times
- "The ___ lama, he's a priest" (Nash) - ONEL, used 10 times
- "The __ lama, he's a priest" - ONEL, used 6 times
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