Porgy's mate
The crossword clue "Porgy's mate" is answered by BESS, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BESS
Every other clue in this collection answered by BESS, most used first.
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- Porgy's love - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- Mamie's predecessor - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
- "Porgy and ___" - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Good Queen ___ - used 25 times, most recently in 2004
- Harry's wife - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- First lady before Mamie - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Porgy's woman - used 21 times, most recently in 2018
- Gershwin heroine - used 19 times, most recently in 2020
- Porgy's beloved - used 19 times, most recently in 2020
- First lady Truman - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Eleanor's successor - used 16 times, most recently in 2018
- "I Loves You Porgy" singer - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
- First lady after Eleanor - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Harry Truman's wife - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Harry's First Lady - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
- Catfish Row dweller. - used 10 times, most recently in 1968
- "Porgy and ___" (George Gershwin folk opera) - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Actress Armstrong - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- First lady between Eleanor and Mamie - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Mrs. Harry Truman - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- One of the Trumans - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Porgy's partner - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Stallion's mate - MARE, used 83 times
- Mama's mate - PAPA, used 65 times
- Doe's mate - STAG, used 60 times
- Sow's mate - BOAR, used 56 times
- Eve's mate - ADAM, used 43 times
- Frau's mate - HERR, used 42 times
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