Scottish lord

The answer

THANE

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

Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 7 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.

• LAIRD (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for THANE

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

• Macbeth's title - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Macbeth, for one - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Title for Macbeth - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Macbeth title - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Scottish feudal lord - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Scottish baron - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Scottish noble - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Macbeth or Macduff - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Scottish title - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Clan chief - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• Feudal lord - LIEGE, used 134 times
• Scottish landowner - LAIRD, used 65 times
• Sean of "The Lord of the Rings" - ASTIN, used 47 times
• Scottish Highlanders - GAELS, used 18 times
• Scottish bodies of water - LOCHS, used 16 times
• Scottish hillsides - BRAES, used 14 times

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