Spanish explorer
The crossword clue "Spanish explorer" is answered by DESOTO, a 6-letter entry. Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DESOTO
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DESOTO answer page.
Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1959. 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.
- CORONADO (2 uses in xd)
- ONATE (2 uses in xd)
- FERNANDEZ (1 uses in xd)
- PONCEDELEON (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for DESOTO
Every other clue in this collection answered by DESOTO, most used first.
- Mississippi River explorer - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Explorer Hernando - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
- Mississippi River discoverer - used 15 times, most recently in 2014
- Conquistador Hernando - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Mississippi discoverer - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
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.
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- Spanish fleet - ARMADA, used 29 times
- Spanish dish - PAELLA, used 27 times
- Former Spanish coin - PESETA, used 25 times
- Spanish inn - POSADA, used 19 times
- Spanish title - SENORA, used 19 times
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