Compassionate letters

The answer

TLC

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TLC answer page.

Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for TLC

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

• Pampering, for short - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
• "No Scrubs" group - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• RN's specialty - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Pampering, briefly - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Patient's need, briefly - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Special attention, for short - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Pampering treatment, for short - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• "Waterfalls" group - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• "No Scrubs" girl group - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• "No Scrubs" trio - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• "Waterfalls" trio - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Dr. Mom's forte - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• RN's skill - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• "Waterfalls" pop trio - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Attentive treatment, for short - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Gentle handling, for short - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Gentle handling, initially - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Mom's specialty, for short - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Pampering, initially - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• "CrazySexyCool" trio - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Letters of compassion - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• R.N.'s forte - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• RN specialty - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Special treatment, for short - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• "Waterfalls" girl group - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "90 Day Fiancé" network - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• "Cake Boss" airer - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Dr. Mom's remedy - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Mom's forte, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Pampering initials - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Patient's need, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• RN's forte - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Special handling - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Unpretty" group - 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.

• Genetic letters - RNA, used 265 times
• Debtor's letters - IOU, used 249 times
• Explosive letters - TNT, used 225 times
• Letters before an alias - AKA, used 194 times
• Alias letters - AKA, used 146 times
• Battleship letters - USS, used 124 times

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