Scottish title

The answer

THANE

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1970. 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.

• LAIRD (1 uses in xd)
• LORDPROVOST (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 lord - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• 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
• 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.

• Turkish title - PASHA, used 69 times
• Scottish landowner - LAIRD, used 65 times
• Title holder - OWNER, used 57 times
• Palindromic title - MADAM, used 51 times
• Dickens title starter - ATALE, used 45 times
• Start of a Dickens title - ATALE, used 42 times

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