5-Letter Word for Child (Crossword Answers)

Looking for a 5-letter word for “child”? Here are the most likely crossword answers based on real puzzle data, including frequency and recent appearances.

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Showing 20 crossword answers for “child” (5 letters)

  • Seen 6 times
    5 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 16 Feb 2026
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    • One giving support during childbirth
    • Trained childbirth assistant
    • Childbirth assistant
  • Seen 5 times
    5 lettersacrossNYT CrosswordLast seen 28 Jul 2025
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    • Children's song refrain ("Old MacDonald had a farm …")
    • Farmyard refrain in a children's song
    • Vowels in a children's song refrain
  • Seen 5 times
    5 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 24 Dec 2024
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    • Title pig of children's TV
    • Pig of children's cartoons
    • Pig of children's TV
  • Seen 4 times
    5 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 30 Jan 2025
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    • Children's author who wrote "And the only reason for being a bee that I know of is making honey"
    • Children's author whose son, Christopher Robin, had a stuffed donkey named Eeyore
    • Children's author who wrote "People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day"
  • Seen 4 times
    5 lettersacrossNYT MiniLast seen 20 Oct 2023
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    • Odlaw is the archnemesis of what children's book character?
    • "Where's ___?" (children's book series)
    • Character often found in children's books
  • Seen 3 times
    5 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 18 Jan 2026
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    • ___ child
    • Word before peace or child
  • Seen 3 times
    5 lettersacrossNYT CrosswordLast seen 28 Jul 2025
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    • Childish retort
  • Seen 3 times
    5 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 04 May 2025
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    • ___ Kane, longtime role on "All My Children"
    • Kane of "All My Children"
    • ___ Kane, longtime "All My Children" role
  • Seen 3 times
    5 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 03 Aug 2024
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    • Part of a child's bedtime routine, perhaps
    • Child's bedtime request
    • Part of a child's bedtime ritual
  • Seen 3 times
    5 lettersacrossNYT CrosswordLast seen 01 May 2024
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    • Classic children's novel set in the Swiss Alps
    • Children's classic originally written in German
    • Classic children's heroine once played in film by Shirley Temple
  • Seen 3 times
    5 lettersacrossNYT CrosswordLast seen 02 Aug 2022
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    • Eldest von Trapp child in "The Sound of Music"
    • Eldest of the von Trapp children
  • Seen 3 times
    5 lettersacrossNYT CrosswordLast seen 18 May 2022
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    • Animal that wears red pajamas in a popular children’s book
    • "Is Your Mama a ___?" (children's book)
    • "Is Your Mama a ___?" (classic children's book)
  • Seen 2 times
    5 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 09 May 2026
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    • Weighty subject of some children's books
    • Elephant of children's literature
  • Seen 2 times
    5 lettersacrossNYT CrosswordLast seen 19 Apr 2026
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    • Grandchild of un abuelo
    • Abuela's grandchild
  • Seen 2 times
    5 lettersacrossNYT MiniLast seen 04 Feb 2026
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    • Childhood
  • Seen 2 times
    5 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 04 Nov 2025
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    • Perfectly behaved child
  • Seen 2 times
    5 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 17 Apr 2025
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    • "___ the Doughnut," start of a children's book series
    • "___ the Doughnut," children's book series
  • Seen 2 times
    5 lettersacrossNYT CrosswordLast seen 25 Jul 2024
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    • How children's books are often read
    • How storybooks are read to children
  • Seen 2 times
    5 lettersacrossNYT MiniLast seen 17 May 2024
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    • Full-price ticket category, as opposed to "child," "student" or "senior"
    • Child's counterpart
  • Seen 2 times
    5 lettersdownNYT MiniLast seen 09 Jul 2023
    Example clues:
    • Children's author with the line "Today is gone. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one."
    • Children's author who wrote "There is no one alive who is you-er than you!"

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