Term of endearment.

The answer

SWEET

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 1967; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 1 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 SWEET

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

• Sugary - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• "Awesome!" - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Adorable - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Like dessert wines - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
• Lovable - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Like Georgia Brown - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Saccharine - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• "Nice!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• "__ Caroline"; Neil Diamond hit - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Short partner? - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Kindly - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Dulcet - 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.

• Nautical term. - ABEAM, used 28 times
• Term of endearment. - HONEY, used 20 times
• Indian term of respect - SAHIB, used 18 times
• Term of endearment - SUGAR, used 15 times
• Nautical term. - APORT, used 14 times
• Palindromic term of address - MADAM, used 12 times

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