Rear
The crossword clue "Rear" is answered by PARENT, a 6-letter entry. Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PARENT
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PARENT answer page.
Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for PARENT
Every other clue in this collection answered by PARENT, most used first.
- Mom or dad - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Progenitor - used 17 times, most recently in 2018
- Family member - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Report card signer - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Ma or pa - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Mother or father - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Bring up - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- PTA member - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Mom or pop - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Pop, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- To the rear - ASTERN, used 18 times
- Bring up the rear - GOLAST, used 16 times
- Toward the rear - ASTERN, used 15 times
- Bringing up the rear - INLAST, used 8 times
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