Washington successor
The crossword clue "Washington successor" is answered by ADAMS, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ADAMS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ADAMS answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 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.
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- 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
- John or John Quincy - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Monroe's successor - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- "1776" role - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- 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.
- Nasser's successor - SADAT, used 60 times
- O'Connor's successor - ALITO, used 42 times
- Grant's successor - HAYES, used 35 times
- Arafat's successor - ABBAS, used 28 times
- Sound of Washington - PUGET, used 26 times
- Boutros-Ghali's successor - ANNAN, used 24 times
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