City in Iowa.

The answer

AMES

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AMES answer page.

Used 41 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• ADAIR (1 uses in xd)
• ALBIA (1 uses in xd)
• DAVENPORT (1 uses in xd)
• ELDORA (1 uses in xd)
• FORTDODGE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for AMES

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

• Iowa city - used 229 times, most recently in 2026
• Iowa college town - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
• Iowa State city - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Iowa State's city - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Home of Iowa State - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Singing brothers - used 49 times, most recently in 2014
• City north of Des Moines - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
• Iowa State site - used 33 times, most recently in 2022
• Iowa State's home - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• "Rag Mop" brothers - used 33 times, most recently in 2014
• Skunk River city - used 31 times, most recently in 2020

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