Buddhist monks

The answer

LAMAS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAMAS answer page.

Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• ARHATS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for LAMAS

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

• Tibetan monks - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Tibetan priests - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Lorenzo - used 23 times, most recently in 2014
• Actor Fernando - used 18 times, most recently in 2015
• Eastern monks - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Fernando or Lorenzo - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Buddhist priests - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Priests of the East - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Lorenzo of "Falcon Crest" - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Tibetan holy men - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Tibetan teachers - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Asian monks - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Dharma teachers - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Holy Tibetans - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• Enlightened Buddhist - ARHAT, used 35 times
• Buddhist who has attained Nirvana - ARHAT, used 19 times
• Buddhist shrine - STUPA, used 17 times
• Buddhist in Nirvana - ARHAT, used 16 times
• Buddhist concept - KARMA, used 11 times
• Buddhist scripture - SUTRA, used 11 times

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