Family nicknames

The answer

NANAS

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 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.

• PAS (4 uses in xd)
• MAMMAS (2 uses in xd)
• UNCS (2 uses in xd)
• MAMAS (1 uses in xd)
• MAS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for NANAS

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

• Grannies - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Grandmas - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Grandmothers - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Mamas' mamas - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Grams - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Pram pushers - used 9 times, most recently in 1993
• Grandmas, affectionately - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Nursemaids - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Grandmothers, affectionately - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Some babysitters - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Family car - SEDAN, used 117 times
• "Family Ties" mom - ELYSE, used 56 times
• Family member - NIECE, used 55 times
• Racing family name - UNSER, used 33 times
• "Dallas" family name - EWING, used 32 times
• John of "The Addams Family" - ASTIN, used 32 times

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