What to call a king
The crossword clue "What to call a king" is answered by SIRE, a 4-letter entry. Used 22 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SIRE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SIRE answer page.
Used 22 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SIRE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SIRE, most used first.
- Father - used 166 times, most recently in 2026
- Beget - used 127 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
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- "The King ___" - ANDI, used 150 times
- "The Lion King" villain - SCAR, used 120 times
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