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"teen" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often adolescent (10 letters).
Definitions
being of the age 13 through 19
Word origin
From Middle English tene, from Old English tēona, tēone, *tēon, from Proto-West Germanic *teun, from Proto-Germanic *teuną.
Used in a sentence
“In the safety alert, the NTSB educates parents on the risks and outlines what they can do to protect their teens against marijuana-impaired driving.”
“We found that teen drivers and the public largely misunderstand the legal status of cannabis use and do not fully recognize the risks of cannabis-impaired driving.”
“teen fashion”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“13-to-19 youth”4 letters
02“Adolescent”4 letters
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