Nursery denizens

The answer

TYKES

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

Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1998. 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.

• INFANTS (3 uses in xd)
• NEWBORNS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for TYKES

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

• Little ones - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Little kids - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Small fry - used 21 times, most recently in 2021
• Youngsters - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Moppets - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Rug rats - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Little shavers - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Tricycle riders - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Wee ones - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Rugrats - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Young ones - 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.

• Nursery purchase - PLANT, used 17 times
• Jack of nursery rhymes - SPRAT, used 13 times
• Nursery items - TREES, used 11 times
• Nursery rhyme dieter - SPRAT, used 11 times
• Jack in a nursery rhyme - SPRAT, used 10 times
• Nursery rhyme Jack - SPRAT, used 8 times

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