Dad's boy
The crossword clue "Dad's boy" is answered by SON, a 3-letter entry. Used 25 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SON
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SON answer page.
Used 25 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SON
Every other clue in this collection answered by SON, most used first.
- Junior - used 142 times, most recently in 2026
- Heir, often - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
- Junior, to senior - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Family member - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Mama's boy - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Trinity member - used 44 times, most recently in 2023
- Male delivery - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Abel, to Adam - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Male offspring - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Bart, to Homer - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Chip off the old block - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
- Offspring - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Heir, at times - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- "__ of a gun!" - used 22 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.
- Boy - LAD, used 115 times
- Young boy - LAD, used 112 times
- Egyptian boy king - TUT, used 76 times
- Boy king - TUT, used 72 times
- "What a good boy ___!" - AMI, used 43 times
- "... boy ___ girl?" - ORA, used 32 times
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