Order member

The answer

NUN

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NUN answer page.

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 5 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.

• FRIAR (3 uses in xd)
• ELK (2 uses in xd)
• FRA (2 uses in xd)
• SISTER (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for NUN

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

• Sister - used 167 times, most recently in 2026
• Convent resident - used 120 times, most recently in 2026
• Wimple wearer - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
• Convent dweller - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Religious sister - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Convent figure - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Woman with a habit - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Habit wearer - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Cloister resident - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Convent member - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• "Sister Act" extra - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Mother Teresa, for one - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• One with a habit - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Sister, of sorts - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Sister or mother - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Sound of Music" extra - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Hebrew letter - used 12 times, most recently in 2008
• Church lady - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Many a "Call the Midwife" character - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Mother Teresa, e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Sister with a habit - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Taker of vows - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
• Habit inhabitant - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Holy sister - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• "Sister Act" character - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Type of buoy - used 8 times, most recently in 1990
• Woman in a convent - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Carmelite. - used 7 times, most recently in 1999
• "Dominique" singer, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Vow taker - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Cloister sister - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Cloistered woman - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Convent occupant - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Pub order - ALE, used 233 times
• ABA member - ATT, used 120 times
• Family member - SIS, used 104 times
• Fam. member - REL, used 103 times
• Lodge member - ELK, used 97 times
• Colony member - ANT, used 84 times

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