Pontiff

The answer

POPE

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1996. 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.

• THEHOLYFATHER (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for POPE

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

• Vatican VIP - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Vatican leader - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Bishop of Rome - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• English poet - used 20 times, most recently in 1995
• Catholic leader - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Church leader - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Francis, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Castel Gandolfo resident - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• John, Paul or John Paul - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Francis, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Dunciad" poet - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Vatican City leader - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Vatican head - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Vicar of Christ - 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.

• Nuisance - PEST, used 336 times
• "Hey, you!" - PSST, used 325 times
• Entreaty - PLEA, used 282 times
• Equal - PEER, used 256 times
• Saucy - PERT, used 233 times
• "Hey, over here!" - PSST, used 232 times

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