Sister with a habit

The answer

NUN

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

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• 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
• Order member - 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.

• With it - HIP, used 149 times
• Prefix with center - EPI, used 134 times
• Work with - USE, used 117 times
• Prefix with natal - NEO, used 100 times
• Go out with - SEE, used 98 times
• Zsa Zsa's sister - EVA, used 93 times

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