Family nickname
The crossword clue "Family nickname" is answered by PAPA, a 4-letter entry. Used 21 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
PAPA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PAPA answer page.
Used 21 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. 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.
- AUNTY (11 uses in xd)
Other clues for PAPA
Every other clue in this collection answered by PAPA, most used first.
- Dad - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
- One of the Three Bears - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
- Daddy - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Family member - used 66 times, most recently in 2023
- Mama's mate - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Hemingway nickname - used 57 times, most recently in 2025
- One of a bear trio - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Biggest of the Three Bears - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Hemingway sobriquet - used 30 times, most recently in 2016
- Family man - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Haydn nickname - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ Was a Rollin' Stone" - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Baseball family name - ALOU, used 183 times
- "A Death in the Family" author - AGEE, used 124 times
- Family - CLAN, used 115 times
- Family rooms - DENS, used 99 times
- Extended family - CLAN, used 87 times
- Italian noble family - ESTE, used 76 times
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