Clown of renown

The answer

BOZO

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

Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 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.

• KOKO (1 uses in xd)
• RONALDMCDONALD (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for BOZO

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

• Doofus - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• Classic clown - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
• TV clown - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• Buffoon - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Clown - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Knucklehead - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Nincompoop - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Chucklehead - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Goofball - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Big galoot - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Dunderhead - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Numbskull - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• Renown - FAME, used 111 times
• Clown around - JEST, used 11 times
• Clown. - ZANY, used 10 times
• Canal of renown - ERIE, used 9 times
• Pixar clown fish - NEMO, used 6 times
• Widespread renown - FAME, used 6 times

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