One of the Three Bears

The answer

PAPA

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

Used 93 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 19 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• MAMA (91 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
• 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
• Family nickname - used 21 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.

• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times

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