The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word HON , but the solution may also be BAE which is one of the most recent solution (2023 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 |
| HONEYBUNCH | 4 % | 10 |
| SWEET | 4 % | 5 |
| BABY | 4 % | 4 |
| SWEETIEPIE | 2 % | 10 |
| LOVER | 2 % | 5 |
| BAE | 2 % | 3 |
| DEARIE | 1 % | 6 |
| PRECIOUS | 1 % | 8 |
| TOOTS | 1 % | 5 |
| DARLING | 1 % | 7 |
| PETNAME | 1 % | 7 |
| LAMB | 1 % | 4 |
| 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 |
| HEARTTHROB | 1 % | 10 |
| ILOVEYOU | 1 % | 8 |
| SUGARPLUM | 1 % | 9 |
| BELOVED | 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
More clues leading to the result CARAMIA
- Italian sweetheart
- My dear, to a Tuscan
- Italian sweetie
- Italian term of endearment
- 1965 hit for Jay and the Americans
- Jay & the Americans hit
- Words of affection from Luigi
- Jay and the Americans song
- Top-10 tune of '65
- Turin term of endearment
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”