Parentless child
The crossword clue "Parentless child" is answered by ORPHAN, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ORPHAN
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORPHAN answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ORPHAN
Every other clue in this collection answered by ORPHAN, most used first.
- Annie, for one - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- "Little __ Annie" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Oliver Twist, for one - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Oliver Twist, e.g. - used 10 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.
- Flower child - HIPPIE, used 9 times
- Child of the 1950s - BOOMER, used 6 times
- Firstborn child - ELDEST, used 6 times
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