Convent dwellers

The answer

NUNS

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

Used 19 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 6 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.

• SISTERS (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for NUNS

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

• Sisters - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Convent residents - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Some sisters - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Wimple wearers - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Women in habits - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Women with habits - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• They have their orders - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• "Sister Act" extras - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• "The Sound of Music" extras - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Convent group - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Habit wearers - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Many "Call the Midwife" characters - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Religious sisters - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Sister Act" roles - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

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.

• Hill dwellers - ANTS, used 71 times
• Hive dwellers - BEES, used 22 times
• Formicary dwellers - ANTS, used 18 times
• Cave dwellers - BATS, used 16 times
• Mount Olympus dwellers - GODS, used 12 times
• Colony dwellers - ANTS, used 11 times

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