John or John Quincy

The answer

ADAMS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ADAMS answer page.

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ADAMS

Every other clue in this collection answered by ADAMS, most used first.

• Second U.S. president - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Second president - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Washington's successor - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ apple - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Second or sixth president - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Photographer Ansel - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• First veep - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• First vice president - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Name of two presidents - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• "Dilbert" cartoonist - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• John Quincy ___ - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• First U.S. vice president - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Monroe's successor - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• "1776" role - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Washington successor - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• 2nd U.S. president - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "Dilbert" cartoonist Scott - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Gospel singer Yolanda - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• President John Quincy __ - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• U.S. President - used 7 times, most recently in 1995
• Amy of "Arrival" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• First Lady Abigail - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• President after Washington - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Sixth president - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• "Summer of '69" singer Bryan - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Surname of two presidents - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• "Watership Down" author Richard - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Singer John - ELTON, used 103 times
• Rocker John - ELTON, used 78 times
• "John Brown's Body" poet - BENET, used 54 times
• John ___ Garner - NANCE, used 44 times
• John Jacob ___ - ASTOR, used 37 times
• John of "The Addams Family" - ASTIN, used 32 times

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