Clues for the word "TRIBE"
We've had 155 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 288 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on September 21, 2026.
Definition of tribe
- n. - A family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob.
- n. - A number of species or genera having certain structural characteristics in common; as, a tribe of plants; a tribe of animals.
- n. - A nation of savages or uncivilized people; a body of rude people united under one leader or government; as, the tribes of the Six Nations; the Seneca tribe.
- n. - A division, class, or distinct portion of a people, from whatever cause that distinction may have originated; as, the city of Athens was divided into ten tribes.
- n. - A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line; as, the Duchess tribe of shorthorns.
- v. t. - To distribute into tribes or classes.
Referring Clues
- Cayugas or Senecas
- Cree or Crow
- Extended family
- A.L. club, in headlines
- Chief concern?
- Shaman's responsibility
- Close-knit group
- Arapaho or Apache
- It may have reservations
- Cleveland nine, with "the"
- Sioux or Cree
- Crow, e.g.
- Kith and kin
- "Survivor" team
- Reservation holder
- One of a Biblical dozen
- "Survivor" grouping
- Ethnic group
- Arapaho or Navajo, e.g.
- Iraqi group
- Apaches, e.g.
- "Survivor" group
- Tagi or Pagong on "Survivor"
- Navajo, e.g.
- Shoshone, e.g.
- Levi or Zebulun
- "Survivor" unit
- Group on a reservation
- Winnebago or Cherokee
- One of Israel's 12
- Group in "Survivor"
- Big family
- Native American group
- "Survivor" group
- Chief concern
- Navajo or Hopi
- Big family, humorously
- See 20-Across
- Native American group, e.g.
- Cleveland Indians, to fans
- Crow or Fox
- It may have a reservation
- The Hekawi, on TV
- Crow group
- Fox or Crow
- Cherokee or Creek
- Sioux or Navajo
- Sioux or Cree, e.g.
- "Survivor" faction
- "The ___ has spoken" ("Survivor" catchphrase)
- Cherokee or Cree
- "Survivor" side
- Iowa or Creek, e.g.
- Cleveland Indians nickname, with "the"
- Navajos or Apaches
- 'Survivor' team
- Native group
- Clan
- 'Survivor' group
- Large family
- Fox or Crow, e.g.
- 33-Down, for one
- Sioux group
- Alabama or Missouri
- Chief's group
- Family
- Tepee dwellers
- One of 12 of Israel
- Category between subfamily and genus
- Native American social federation, homophones for four of which can be found at the starts of 17-, 25-, 41-, and 54-Across
- Ancestral unit
- Cultural group
- Cleveland nine, on the sports pages
- Mohawk and Seneca
- Cherokee, for one
- Sioux or Apache
- Family group
- Ancestral group
- Erie or Huron
- Cree, Creek or Crow
- 34-Down, e.g.
- Mound builders
- 8-Down, e.g.
- Cree or Erie
- Indian group
- Cherokee or Sioux
- Comanche clan
- Subdivision of a people
- Cherokee or Creek, e.g.
- Nickname for baseball's Indians, with "the"
- Native American grouping
- Powwow group
- Oto or Ute
- Group with a common ancestry
- Comanche group
- Erie or Cree
- Cleveland Indians' nickname
- Five Nations unit
- Shoshone or Sioux
- Crow or Navajo, e.g.
- Erie or Miami
- Nation
- Big family, informally
- Cherokee or Apache
- Group of players
- Crow, for one
- Sioux nation unit
- New York Indian, en masse
- Lodge dwellers
- Sioux, e.g.
- The Hekawi, in "F Troop"
- Arapaho or Apache, e.g.
- A ___ Called Quest
- Large family group
- Apache, e.g.
- They're "Called Quest"
- 10,000 Maniacs "In My ___"
- Race
- Clannish group
- Group of common descent, culture etc
- Group of families
- Clan, family
- People get Bertie no end upset!
- Family, so to speak
- Large family of offspring
- Cleveland Indians, in headlines
- Many a casino-owning group
- Ishi was the last of his
- Cleveland Indians, to a sportscaster
- Five Nations group
- Group making a reservation?
- Cherokee or Chippewa
- Cherokee, e.g.
- Indian clan
- Erie or Huron, but not Superior
- Navajo or Sioux
- A ___ Called Red ("Stadium Pow Wow" group)
- Cree, e.g.
- Choctaw or Cocopah
- The Chickasaw, e.g.
- Saint Regis Mohawk, for example
- Casino group, often
- Wichita or Omaha
- Blackfeet Nation, e.g.
- What many a U.S. state is named after
- Band
- Powwow host
- Pawnee or Cree
- Social group
- The Chickahominy, e.g.
- Comanche Nation, e.g.
- Hip-hop group A ___ Called Quest
- Kaw Nation, for example
- Choctaw or Chickasaw
- "Survivor" assemblage
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - September 21, 2026
- Mirror Daily - August 21, 2026
- Penny Dell Sunday - July 19, 2026
- Mirror Daily - June 24, 2026
- Mirror Daily - June 11, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 11, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 20, 2026
- New York Times - February 19, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 11, 2026
- New York Times - January 11, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 18, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 11, 2025
- Daily American - November 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 10, 2025
- New York Times - May 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 04, 2025
- Daily American - April 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 24, 2025
- USA Today - March 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 16, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 08, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 20, 2024
- LA Times - September 30, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 18, 2024
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