Women with habits

The answer

NUNS

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

Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Convent dwellers - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Women in habits - used 14 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.

• Prefix with dynamic - AERO, used 152 times
• Share a border with - ABUT, used 152 times
• Done with - OVER, used 145 times
• Fr. holy women - STES, used 132 times
• With: Fr. - AVEC, used 132 times
• With skill - ABLY, used 127 times

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