Term of endearment

The answer

SUGAR

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SUGAR answer page.

Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 4 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.

• HON (49 uses in xd)
• HONEY (20 uses in xd)
• PET (20 uses in xd)
• BABE (19 uses in xd)
• LOVE (15 uses in xd)

Other clues for SUGAR

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

• Coffee sweetener - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Coffee additive - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Tea sweetener - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Sweet stuff - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Sweetie - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Baking staple - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Cake ingredient - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Sweeten - used 7 times, most recently in 2002
• Bakery need - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Coffee-shop freebie - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Sweetener - used 6 times, most recently in 2008

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.

• Nautical term. - ABEAM, used 28 times
• Term of endearment. - HONEY, used 20 times
• Indian term of respect - SAHIB, used 18 times
• Nautical term. - APORT, used 14 times
• Palindromic term of address - MADAM, used 12 times
• Nautical term. - ABAFT, used 11 times

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