Advanced degrees

The answer

PHDS

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

Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 8 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.

• NTHS (4 uses in xd)
• DOCTORATES (1 uses in xd)
• HEAT (1 uses in xd)
• SCDS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for PHDS

Every other clue in this collection answered by PHDS, most used first.

• Advanced degs. - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Many profs - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Profs' degrees - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• High degrees - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Third degrees? - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Some Drs. - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Degrees for many profs - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Degs. for many profs - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Many college profs - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Some postgrad degrees - used 6 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.

• Advanced - LENT, used 41 times
• 90 degrees from norte - ESTE, used 32 times
• Advanced math - TRIG, used 29 times
• Withdraw by degrees - WEAN, used 13 times
• Advanced in years - AGED, used 12 times
• Unspecified degrees - NTHS, used 12 times

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