Street urchin
The crossword clue "Street urchin" is answered by WAIF, a 4-letter entry. Used 24 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
WAIF
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WAIF answer page.
Used 24 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 13 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.
- GUTTERSNIPE (11 uses in xd)
- RAGAMUFFIN (9 uses in xd)
Other clues for WAIF
Every other clue in this collection answered by WAIF, most used first.
- Homeless child - used 31 times, most recently in 2021
- Ragamuffin - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Common street name - MAIN, used 55 times
- Narrow street - LANE, used 48 times
- Street - ROAD, used 35 times
- Street ___ - CRED, used 32 times
- Ernie's "Sesame Street" pal - BERT, used 29 times
- "Sesame Street" basics - ABCS, used 28 times
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