Beget

The answer

SIRE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SIRE answer page.

Used 127 times across 43 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 16 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.

• SPAWN (6 uses in xd)
• PROCREATE (3 uses in xd)
• ENGENDER (2 uses in xd)
• GENERATE (2 uses in xd)
• HAVE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SIRE

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

• Father - used 166 times, most recently in 2026
• Royal address - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
• Kingly address - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
• "Your majesty" - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
• Foal's father - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Paddock papa - used 32 times, most recently in 2015
• Filly's father - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
• King's address - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Regal address - used 29 times, most recently in 2021
• Address for a king - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Horse's father - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• What to call a king - used 22 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.

• Wild guess - STAB, used 480 times
• Appear - SEEM, used 451 times
• Ooze - SEEP, used 449 times
• "Auld Lang ___" - SYNE, used 447 times
• Withered - SERE, used 400 times
• Location - SITE, used 390 times

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