The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word HON , but the solution may also be PET NAME which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Term of endearment crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HON | 18 % | 3 |
| PET | 11 % | 3 |
| HONEY | 9 % | 5 |
| LOVE | 8 % | 4 |
| SUGAR | 7 % | 5 |
| BABE | 7 % | 4 |
| SWEETIE | 6 % | 7 |
| SWEET | 4 % | 5 |
| HONEYBUNCH | 4 % | 10 |
| BABY | 4 % | 4 |
| SWEETIEPIE | 2 % | 10 |
| LOVER | 2 % | 5 |
| BAE | 2 % | 3 |
| PETNAME | 1 % | 7 |
| LAMB | 1 % | 4 |
| DEARIE | 1 % | 6 |
| PRECIOUS | 1 % | 8 |
| TOOTS | 1 % | 5 |
| DARLING | 1 % | 7 |
| HEARTTHROB | 1 % | 10 |
| ILOVEYOU | 1 % | 8 |
| SUGARPLUM | 1 % | 9 |
| BELOVED | 1 % | 7 |
| PET NAME | 1 % | 8 |
| DEARY | 1 % | 5 |
| CUTIE | 1 % | 5 |
| DOLL | 1 % | 4 |
| SWEETPEA | 1 % | 8 |
| TOOTSIE | 1 % | 7 |
| SWEETEST | 1 % | 8 |
| ANGEL | 1 % | 5 |
| BOOBOO | 1 % | 6 |
| CUPCAKE | 1 % | 7 |
| TURTLEDOVE | 1 % | 10 |
| MOMMYDEAREST | 1 % | 12 |
| SUGARPIE | 1 % | 8 |
| DOVE | 1 % | 4 |
| CARAMIA | 1 % | 7 |
Why may BAE be the right solution?
The term "BAE" is a popular slang term that stands for "before anyone else." It is commonly used as a term of endearment to refer to a romantic partner or loved one.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Term of endearment
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- darling
- dearest
- dear
- little one
- sweets
- girl
- young lady
- baby
- dearheart
- honey
- sugar
- dear heart
Crossword Answer definitions
HON noun- (used only to address someone) Honey, sweetheart, a term of endearment; a friendly term of address.
- ; cheering a sports team, especially a GAA team; exhortation or encouragement come on; congratulations well done, bravo
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result HON
More clues leading to the result PET
- Class favorite
- Dino, to Fred and Wilma
- Favorite
- Tarantula, sometimes
- Vet visitor
- Cat or dog
- Gerbil or hamster
- Stroke gently
- Sulking fit
- Caress
More clues leading to the result HONEY
- Comb contents
- Sugar substitute?
- Sweetheart
- Sweetie pie
- Mead ingredient
- Macushla
- Dear
- Winnie the Pooh's favourite food
- Pooh goo
- Mead base
More clues leading to the result LOVE
- Cherish deeply
- Hold dear
- It meant nothing to Nastase
- Singer Courtney
- Zero, in tennis
- Courtney or Davis
- First word in countless song titles
- Zero, at Wimbledon
- Adoration
- Rom-com subject
More clues leading to the result SUGAR
- Coffee-shop freebie
- Sweetener
- Table packet
- Mary Poppins' spoonful
- Term of endearment
- __ daddy
- Coffee addition
- ___ cane
- Sweeten
- Coffee additive
More clues leading to the result BABE
- Movie pig
- Nursling
- Pig star
- Bunyan's ox
- The pig picture
- 1995 pig movie
- Hottie
- Movie pig who was, in fact, played by many different pigs
- Slugger Ruth
- Innocent one
More clues leading to the result SWEETIE
More clues leading to the result SWEET
- Kind of tooth or talk
- "___ are the uses of adversity"
- "___ Charity"
- "Ni-i-ice"
- Nice sound of Bach composition (5)
- Piece of candy
- Candy kiss, e.g.
- Aspartame-laden
- Keen or kind
- Like lollipops
More clues leading to the result HONEYBUNCH
- Beekeepers' union?
- Sugar
- Sweetie pie
- Darling
- Term of endearment
- One's significant other
- Endearment
- BBBB
- Bees?
- Union for beekeepers?
More clues leading to the result BABY
- Brice's Snooks
- __ boomer
- Spoil
- 1-Down elicitor
- Spoon-feed
- Pamper
- Buggy occupant
- Mollycoddle
- Indulge
- Handle with care
More clues leading to the result SWEETIEPIE
More clues leading to the result LOVER
- Romeo, e. g.
- Casanova
- Romeo, to Juliet
- Amorist
- Inamorata
- Paramour
- Beau
- Aficionado
- "Dream ___" (1959 Bobby Darin hit)
- What "amateur" originally meant
More clues leading to the result BAE
- Word for your valentine
- Honey, in slang
- Main squeeze, slangily
- Sweetie, in slang
- Main squeeze, in slang
- Modern steady
- Modern sweetie
- Sweetie, in recent slang
- Modern honey
- Hon, modern-style
More clues leading to the result PETNAME
- Cookie or Honey
- Snowball, e.g.
- Honey or sugar, e.g.
- Snookums, for example
- Love handle?
- "Cutie pie" or "sweetie"
- Affectionate appellation
- Sugar, perhaps
- "Sweetie pie," e.g.
- Snookums, e.g.
More clues leading to the result LAMB
- Babe in the woods
- Gentle one
- Mary's pet
- Stew meat
- Mary's charge
- Elia was his pen name
- Doner kebab meat
- Young Cotswold
- Young sheep
- Dish served with jelly
More clues leading to the result DEARIE
- Loved one
- Sugar substitute?
- Honey bun
- Pumpkin alternative
- Sweetie pie
- Sweetheart
- Hon
- Hon'
- Honey-bunch
- Darlin'
More clues leading to the result PRECIOUS
More clues leading to the result TOOTS
- Highway hellos
- Binges
- Emulates Severinsen
- Snookums
- Blows a horn
- Smart guys?
- Party-horn blasts
- Sweetie pie
- Hornblower's output
- Choo-choo whistles
More clues leading to the result DARLING
- Precious
- "Peter Pan" surname
- Honey
- Term of endearment.
- Wendy's last name.
- Name for Clementine.
- Honeybunch
- With 84-, 88- and 111-Across, 14-Down's retort
- Dear
- Sweetie pie
More clues leading to the result HEARTTHROB
- Object of a crush
- Celeb with sex appeal
- Main squeeze
- Sweetie
- Term of endearment
- One's significant other
- Teen idol
- Lover
- Object of one's affection
- Sentimental emotion
More clues leading to the result ILOVEYOU
- Valentine's Day sentiment
- Mid-February sentiment
- February 14 phrase
- Valentine words
- Valentine line
- Words in a 40-Across
- Passionate words
- Message on a Valentine.
- Start of Barney's theme song
- Lyric sung three times in a row in the Beatles' "Michelle”
More clues leading to the result SUGARPLUM
More clues leading to the result BELOVED
- Toni Morrison novel
- Darling
- Precious
- Dear
- Cherished
- Adored.
- Second word of the marriage ceremony.
- Term of endearment.
- Second word of a marriage ritual.
- Dear one.
More clues leading to the result PET NAME
More clues leading to the result DEARY
More clues leading to the result CUTIE
More clues leading to the result DOLL
- Barbie or Raggedy Ann
- Childs toy
- Barbie
- Barbie or Ken
- Barbie, for one
- Raggedy Ann, e.g.
- Kachina, for one
- Baby shower gift
- Classic Christmas gift
- Tea party guest, perhaps
More clues leading to the result SWEETPEA
- Hon
- Large, fragrant flower
- Garden plant
- Fragrant legume plant
- Snookums
- Honeybunch
- Fragrant climbing plant
- Legume with fragrant blossoms
- 1966 Tommy Roe hit
- Climbing legume
More clues leading to the result TOOTSIE
- Kind of roll
- Best Picture nominee of 1983
- Movie about the TV soap "Southwest General"
- Dustin Hoffwoman?
- Jessica Lange Oscar film
- 1982 film that garnered Jessica Lange an Oscar
- 1982 Dustin Hoffman film
- ___ Roll
- Sweetums
- Friend of 66-Across
More clues leading to the result SWEETEST
- Most melodic
- Most sugary
- Most melodious
- Term of endearment.
- Most pleasing
- Most saccharine
- Least dry
- "Success is counted ___ / By those who ne'er succeed": Dickinson
More clues leading to the result ANGEL
- Halo owner
- Venezuela falls
- Heavenly spirit
- Kate Jackson once
- Broadway benefactor
- Stained glass figure
- Goth magician Criss
- Show backer
- Broadway backer
- "Wicked" backer?
More clues leading to the result BOOBOO
- Yogi's pal
- Child's owie
- Scrape on the knee, e.g.
- Yogi Bear's pal
- Yogi Bear's sidekick
- Goof
- Silly mistake
- Minor scrape
- Tot's minor mishap
- Foolish foul-up
More clues leading to the result CUPCAKE
- Sweet treat in paper
- Hostess product
- Baked treat often wrapped in fluted paper
- Honeybunch
- Frosted treat
- Term of endearment
- Something sweet
- Bakery item.
- See 74-Across
- Honeybun
More clues leading to the result TURTLEDOVE
- Animal twofer?
- Deodorant in a shell?
- This animal presumably spends its entire life in a shell ... correction: just the first part of its life
- Darling
- One of two in "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
- One of two in a Christmas song
- Bird between the partridge and French hen
- Christmas gift of song
- Cooing bird
- Term of endearment
More clues leading to the result MOMMYDEAREST
More clues leading to the result SUGARPIE
More clues leading to the result DOVE
- Peace symbol
- Peace sign
- Did a half gainer
- Brand in the bathroom or the candy aisle
- Dial alternative
- Peacenik's animal
- Pigeon's kin
- Pacifist
- Warmonger's foe
- Peace advocate