User of a prayer wheel.

The answer

LAMA

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAMA answer page.

Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 2 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.

• 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
• 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
• Priest - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• 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.

• Prayer ender - AMEN, used 142 times
• Prayer ending - AMEN, used 136 times
• Wheel shaft - AXLE, used 116 times
• Wheel connector - AXLE, used 76 times
• Prayer-ending word - AMEN, used 63 times
• Crystal ball user - SEER, used 61 times

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