Brother or sister.
The crossword clue "Brother or sister." is answered by SIB, a 3-letter entry. Used 17 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SIB
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SIB answer page.
Used 17 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 6 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.
- SIBLING (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for SIB
Every other clue in this collection answered by SIB, most used first.
- Bro or sis - used 176 times, most recently in 2026
- Sis or bro - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Brother or sister, for short - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Kinsman - used 28 times, most recently in 2013
- Bro, for one - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Family member - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Member of the fam - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Bro, e.g. - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Bro, maybe - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Bro, to sis - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
- Sis, e.g. - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Sis, say - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Bro, say - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Close kin - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Bro or sis, for short - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Relative - used 7 times, most recently in 2001
- Bro or sis, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Close relative, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Sister - NUN, used 167 times
- Peyton's brother - ELI, used 95 times
- Zsa Zsa's sister - EVA, used 93 times
- A Gershwin brother - IRA, used 62 times
- Brother - FRA, used 49 times
- George's brother - IRA, used 49 times
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